OpenAirDocs.org

20031009027289A

Accident · Substantial damage
Open the Markdown

FAA accident report · Balwks FIREFLY11B · Albuquerque, NM · October 9, 2003

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
October 9, 2003 · 09:38 local
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2190S
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN04LA006
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY11B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,202 total18 in this make and model89 in the last 90 days
N2190SRegistration cancelled Jan 11, 2018 · Firefly Balloons GALAXY 11BS/N GLX-1311B · Built 2003Airframe modelFirefly Balloons GALAXY 11BEngine modelNONENone

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On October 9, 2003, at approximately 2000 MST a firefly galaxy 11B balloon, N2190S, registered to david e. smith, collided with the ground on landing in a field near the intersection of rio bravo road and coors blvd., Albuquerque, NM. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The aircraft was substantially damaged with injuries and/or burns to the passengers and pilot. The flight originated south of krispy kream in rio rancho, NM, on October 9, 2003, at 0800 MST.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON OCTOBER 9, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 MST A FIREFLY GALAXY 11B BALLOON, N2190S, REGISTERED TO DAVID E. SMITH, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND ON LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF RIO BRAVO ROAD AND COORS BLVD., ALBUQUERQUE, NM. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WITH INJURIES AND/OR BURNS TO THE PASSENGERS AND PILOT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED SOUTH OF KRISPY KREAM IN RIO RANCHO, NM, ON OCTOBER 9, 2003, AT 0800 MST.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DEN04LA006Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAlbuquerque, NMthe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a high-wind landing, resulting in a hard landing, the subsequent tipping of the balloon's basket, a post impact flash fire, and the ejection of two passengers. Contributing factors include the high wind…Oct 9, 2003 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N2190S · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20060727015069ALevel Off Touchdown · Albuquerque, NM(-23) On July 27, 2006 at 0800 MDT a firefly 11B hot air balloon, N2190S, registered to and piloted by [privacy data omitted] made a hard landing near the intersection of coors blvd and montano rd in Albuquerque, new Mexico, while on a sightseeing flight.…Jul 27, 2006 · Reported as Balwks FIREFLY11B