# Incident 20040428006299I: Lbl 210S, Rio Rancho, NM, April 28, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2004, 08:00 local time
- Place: Rio Rancho, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2334° N, 106.6645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rio Rancho, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2334&lon=-106.6645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N815LB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N815LB-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lindstrand Balloons 210S (registry code 5180030, https://openairdocs.org/model/lindstrand-balloons-210s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LBL 210S
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,362 total, 147 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040428006299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 28, 2004, AT 0800 MDT, A LINDSTRAND BALLOONS 210S, N815LB, REGISTERED TO RAINBOW RYDERS, INCORPORATED, STRUCK A HOUSE ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT 4005 FOXWOOD TRAIL SE, RIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A SIGHT-SEEING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE BUT THE HOUSE RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE. NEITHER THE PILOT, HIS 10 PASSENGERS, NOR PERSONS ON THE GROUND WERE INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN RIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO, ON APRIL 28, 2004, AT 0710 MDT.

## Other reports on N815LB (1)

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

- [Incident 20031005026359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031005026359I), Oct 5, 2003: Lbl 210S (N815LB), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On October 5, 2003 at 0915 local MST, a lindstrum balloon model 210S, N815LB registered to rainbow ryders inc., collided with a thunder AX8-90 balloon…

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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