# Accident 20060727015069A: Balwks FIREFLY11B, Albuquerque, NM, July 27, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2006, 08:00 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1533° N, 106.7867° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1533&lon=-106.7867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2190S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2190S-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Firefly Balloons GALAXY 11B (registry code 1050156, https://openairdocs.org/model/firefly-balloons-galaxy-11b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALWKS FIREFLY11B
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,517 total, 186 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06CA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060727015069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 27, 2006 AT 0800 MDT A FIREFLY 11B HOT AIR BALLOON, N2190S, REGISTERED TO AND PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A HARD LANDING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COORS BLVD AND MONTANO RD IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED. ONE PASSENGER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT RIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO AT 0700 MDT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN06CA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA108), Jul 27, 2006: Firefly Balloons Galaxy 11B (N2190S), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: fuel exhaustion, resulting in the pilot's inability to relight one of two burners, and resulting in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N2190S (1)

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

- [Accident 20031009027289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031009027289A), Oct 9, 2003: Balwks FIREFLY11B (N2190S), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 9, 2003, at approximately 2000 MST a firefly galaxy 11B balloon, N2190S, registered to david e. smith, collided with the ground on landing in…

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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