# Incident 20041002024652I: Aerstr CTS, 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
- Collision: Midair collision, second 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: N9110B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9110B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International CTS (registry code 7487900, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-cts) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERSTR CTS
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 60 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/20041002024652I

## 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, AN AEROSTAR CTS BALLOON, N9110B, REGISTERED TO FLYING CHILI PEPPERS BALLOON CO., 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 NO DAMAGE AND NEITHER PILOT NOR PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. THE OTHER BALLOON RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BALLOON FIESTA FIELD, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, ON OCTOBER 2, 2004, AT 0750 MDT.

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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