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Incident

FAA incident report · Raven S-60A · Albuquerque, NM · October 9, 2004

Date: October 9, 2004 · 09:45 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N52948
Reported as: Raven S60A
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 860 total860 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N52948Registered now · Aerostar International S-60AS/N S60A-3276 Airframe modelAerostar International S-60A Engine modelNONENone

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft was a registered participant in the Albuquerque balloon fiesta (aibf). During landing, the balloon system drifted into a low voltage power line. The aircraft was not damaged however, a 4 year old male passenger who was standing on top of a propane tank in order to see out was struck in the forehead by the wire and received a 4 to 5 inch long laceration across his forehead which required hospitalization. He received 15 stitches during an outpatient surgical procedure and was released to his parent on the same day. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS A REGISTERED PARTICIPANT IN THE ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FIESTA (AIBF). DURING LANDING, THE BALLOON SYSTEM DRIFTED INTO A LOW VOLTAGE POWER LINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED HOWEVER, A 4 YEAR OLD MALE PASSENGER WHO WAS STANDING ON TOP OF A PROPANE TANK IN ORDER TO SEE OUT WAS STRUCK IN THE FOREHEAD BY THE WIRE AND RECEIVED A 4 TO 5 INCH LONG LACERATION ACROSS HIS FOREHEAD WHICH REQUIRED HOSPITALIZATION. HE RECEIVED 15 STITCHES DURING AN OUTPATIENT SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND WAS RELEASED TO HIS PARENT ON THE SAME DAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^