# Accident 20040711015149A: Lbl 120ALBL, Rio Rancho, NM, July 11, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2004, 07:15 local time
- Place: Rio Rancho, NM
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0344° N, 106.6017° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0344&lon=-106.6017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N410LB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N410LB-2023-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lindstrand Balloons 120A (registry code 5180026, https://openairdocs.org/model/lindstrand-balloons-120a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LBL 120ALBL
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 355 total, 15 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04CA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04CA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040711015149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 11, 2004, AT 0715 MST, A LINDSTRAND BALLOON 120A, N410LB, REGISTERED TO RAINBOW RYDERS INC., MADE A HARD LANDING IN GUSTING WINDS WHILE LANDING IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM. THE BALLOON WAS BEING OPERATED COMMERCIALLY FOR LOCAL SCENIC FLIGHTS UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED. IN ADDITION TO THE PILOT, FOUR PASSENGERS WERE ABOARD THE BALLOON. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED A FRACTURED ANKLE AND ANOTHER PASSENGER SUFFERED A FRACTURED RIB. THE REMAINING PASSENGERS AND COMMERCIAL PILOT WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ALBUQUERQUE, NM, ON JULY 11, 2004, AT 0620 MST.

## 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 DEN04CA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04CA103), Jul 11, 2004: Lindstrand Balloons 120A (N410LB), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain/obtain the proper descent rate.

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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