# Incident 20051008023769I: Balwks FIREFLY8B, Albuquerque, NM, October 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2005
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- 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: N7104D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7104D-2019-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B (registry code 1050110, https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-8b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALWKS FIREFLY8B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 70 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051008023769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 8, 2005, AT 0900 MDT, A FIREFLY F8B HOT AIR BALLOON, REGISTRATION NUMBER N7104D, COLLIDED WITH VEGETATION WHILE CLIMBING OUT FROM AN ABORTED LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED PRIVATELY AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA, AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING THE ACCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. NEITHER THE PRIVATE PILOT NOR THE SINGLE PASSENGER WAS INJURED IN THE EVENT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA FIELD ON OCTOBER 8, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 0800.

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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