# Accident 20031005027449A: Lbl LBL210A, Albuquerque, NM, October 5, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2003, 07:50 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3333° N, 106.6000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3333&lon=-106.6000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N994AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N994AF-2011-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lindstrand Balloons LBL (registry code 5180004, https://openairdocs.org/model/lindstrand-balloons-lbl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LBL LBL210A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031005027449A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON OCTOBER 5, 2003, AT 0750 MST, A LINDSTRAND BALLOON, MODEL A-150, N994AF, COLLIDED WITH A CEMENT WALL SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM A PUBLIC PARK LOCATED IN THE TAYLOR RANCH AREA OF ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO WHILE ON A COMMERCIAL BALLOON FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED. THE BALLOON RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND TWO OF THE FIVE PASSENGERS RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURY, ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE MARIPOSA PUBLIC PARK, LOCATED IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO MINUTES EARLIER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN04LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA005), Oct 5, 2003: Lindstrand Balloons LBL (N994AF), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: the inadequate in-flight planning/decision by the pilot. Contributing factors include the inadvertent activation of the deflation line by the pilot and the retaining wall.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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