# Accident 20040829023339A: Camron A210, Albuquerque, NM, August 29, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2004, 08:00 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0344° N, 106.6100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0344&lon=-106.6100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4503V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON A210
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,850 total, 600 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04CA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040829023339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 29, 2004, AT 0800 MDT, A CAMERON BALLOONS A-210, N4503V, REGISTERED TO STAR TRAIL, INCORPORATED, HAD A HARD LANDING NEAR ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A SIGHT-SEEING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED, THE PILOT AND FIVE PASSENGERS WERE UNHURT, BUT ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES (A BROKEN ANKLE). THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED NEAR ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, ON AUGUST 29, 2004 AT 0650 MDT.

## 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 DEN04CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04CA132), Aug 29, 2004: Cameron Balloons A-210 (N4503V), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: the passenger losing her balance during the landing. Contributing to the accident was the increased wind velocity.

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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