# Incident 20041010027121I: Arostr RX8, Albuquerque, NM, October 10, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2004, 08:30 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N6310T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6310T-2018-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International RX 8 (registry code 7487008, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-rx-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AROSTR RX8
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 430 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041010027121I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2004, AN AEROSTAR RX-8, N6310T, COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER HOT AIR BALLOON DURING A PRIVATE FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA FIELD AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 MST. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. N6310T WAS NOT DAMAGED DURING THE COLLISION. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N570KR, Raven S57A: [Incident 20041010027122I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041010027122I)

## Other reports on N6310T (1)

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

- [Accident 19961222039739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961222039739A), Dec 22, 1996: Arostr RX8 (N6310T), Rio Rancho, NM. Made hard high wind landing. Two passengers were ejected. Basket ran over one passenger. (-23) on December 22, 1996, at 0845 MST, an Aerostar RX-8 hot air…

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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