# Accident 20040522009089A: Lbl 180ALBL, Ridgeway, CO, May 22, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2004, 08:00 local time
- Place: Ridgeway, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1667° N, 107.7833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1667&lon=-107.7833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60181, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60181-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lindstrand Balloons 180A (registry code 5180003, https://openairdocs.org/model/lindstrand-balloons-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LBL 180ALBL
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,330 total, 3 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04CA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040522009089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 5/22/04, BALLOON PILOT MARK IRVING WAS FLYING A BALLOON, A LINDSTRAND 180A, N60181, NEAR RIDGEWAY, CO. HE WAS CARRYING SIX PASSENGERS AND WAS PART OF A "BALLOON EVENT" WITH SEVERAL OTHER BALLOONS PARTICIPATING. AFTER A 20 MINUTE FLIGHT HE LANDED HIS BALLOON. THE WINDS WERE LIGHT AND FORECAST TO BE LIGHT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. AFTER HE LANDED HIS BALLOON, A STRONG GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE BALLOON TO BECOME AIRBORNE. THE BALLOON STRUCK A BOAT, A TRUCK AND THE EDGE OF THE ROOF OF A HOUSE, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOAT, TRUCK AND HOUSE. THE BALLOON CAME TO REST AND THREE OF THE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON. IT APPEARS THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS DUE TO A STRONG GUSTY WIND THAT WAS NOT FORECAST.

## 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 DEN04CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04CA072), May 22, 2004: Lindstrand Balloons 180A (N60181), Ridgeway, CO, minor damage. Probable cause: the sudden wind gusts and the pilot's failure to maintain control of the balloon resulting in the balloon's basket impacting two vehicles and a house, and subsequently impacting the terrain. Factors…

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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