# Incident 20041002023731I: Head AX888HEAD, Albuquerque, NM, October 2, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2004, 08:16 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4516R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4516R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Head Balloons AX8-88 (registry code 4280200, https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax8-88) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HEAD AX888HEAD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 297 total, 277 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041002023731I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 2, 2004, AT 0816 MDT, A HEAD AX8-88, N4516R, REGISTERED TO JOSEPH REYNOLDS, COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER HOT AIR BALLOON IN FLIGHT OVER ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND NEITHER PILOT OR PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BALLOON FIESTA FIELD, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, ON OCTOBER 2, 2004, AT 0750 MDT.

## Other reports on N4516R (1)

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

- [Accident 19950729048799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950729048799A), Jul 29, 1995: N4516R, Mesquite, TX, Minor damage. (-16) While landing in a field near Mesquite, TX, a wind gust dragged the balloon along the ground, the basket tipped over, and one passenger was thrown out.…

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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