# Accident 20040710013899A: Lbl LBL210A, Huntersville, NC, July 10, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2004, 20:20 local time
- Place: Huntersville, NC
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4119° N, 80.8481° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4119&lon=-80.8481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91101, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91101-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thunder & Colt 210A (registry code 8970133, https://openairdocs.org/model/thunder-colt-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LBL LBL210A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040710013899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED BALLOON N91101 WITH 7 PASSENGERS FROM A FIELD LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF NC HWY 115 AND HWY 73 NEAR HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. PREFLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING WAS OBTAINED FROM RALEIGH FLIGHT SERVICE AND NO WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE AREA OF HIS FLIGHT DURING HIS PROPOSED FLIGHT TIME. WINDS WENT FROM 2 MILES PER HOUR AFTER THE FIRST 30 MINUTES OF FLIGHT TO ABOVE 15 TO 18 MPH. PILOT STATED HE NEEDED TO LAND BECAUSE OF WINDS AND SPOTTED A LARGE OPEN CONSTRUCTION SITE AND PROCEEDED TO LAND. JUST AT TOUCHDOWN THE BALLOON CAUGHT A GUST OF WIND AND HIT A SMALL MOUND OF DIRT CAUSING THE BASKET TO OVERTURN. THE PILOT AND 5 PASSENGERS REPORTED MINOR INJURIES. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON OR BASKET. THE LANDING AREA WAS JUST OFF I-77 NEAR RANSOM ROAD NEXT TO A NEW SUBDIVISION IN HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. THE HUNTERSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED. NO VIOLATION OF CFR TITLE 14 WAS DISCOVERED AND THIS INCIDENT WAS CLOSED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ACTION.

## 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 ATL04LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA198), Jul 11, 2004: Thunder & Colt 210A (N91101), Huntersville, NC, no damage. Probable cause: Gusty weather conditions which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain during touchdown.

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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