# Incident 20051220029519I: Lbl 180ALBL, Coachella, CA, December 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2005, 16:12 local time
- Place: Coachella, CA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6901° N, 116.1444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coachella, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6901&lon=-116.1444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4016F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4016F-2010-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lindstrand Balloons 180A (registry code 5180003, https://openairdocs.org/model/lindstrand-balloons-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LBL 180ALBL
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,932 total, 480 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051220029519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER REACHING AN ALTITUDE OF 2800 FEET AND DESCENDING FOR AN OPEN FIELD LANDING, THE BALLOON ENVELOPE BRUSHED AGAINST SOME HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL POWER LINES NEAR DILLON ROAD AND INTERSTATE 10, COACHELLA, CA. EVENTUALLY LANDING AND EVACUATING THE PASSENGERS FROM THE BASKET, THE PILOT DISCOVERED NO DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON ENVELOPE OR IT'S BASKET.

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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