# Accident 20071002022209A: Cambal Z105, Rio Rancho, NM, October 2, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2007, 10:30 local time
- Place: Rio Rancho, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2334° N, 106.6645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rio Rancho, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2334&lon=-106.6645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1024B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1024B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons US Z-105 (registry code 1880401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-z-105) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMBAL Z105
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 20 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071002022209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 9, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 LOCAL TIME, N1024B, A CAMERON MODEL Z-105 BALLOON, SERIAL NUMBER 6371, MADE A HARD LANDING IN RIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO. THE BALLOON HAD A PILOT AND 4 PASSENGERS ON BOARD. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, THE BASKET STRUCK THE NORTH SIDE COVERING OF AN EAST FACING SECOND STORY PORCH OF A HOUSE LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LIFTED OVER THE HOUSE, DRIFTED ACROSS IRIS ROAD, THE BACKYARD OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND A SECOND BACKYARD, THEN MADE A HARD IMPACT IN A GULLEY APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE SOUTHWEST OF INTERSECTION AT IRIS AND SARATOGA/CONTRARAS. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, ON IMPACT THE BASKET TIPPED FORWARD (TO THE SOUTH) AND EJECTED TWO PASSENGERS AND WHILE LYING ON ITS SIDE WITH THE THREE REMAINING OCCUPANTS, THE BASKET WAS DRAGGED OVER THE TWO EJECTED PASSENGERS. THE BALLOON BOUNCED ONTO THE GROUND A SECOND TIME AND EJECTED ANOTHER PASSENGER. THE BALLOON PROCEEDED IN A SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION WHERE IT KNOCKED DOWN THE MAIL BOX AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SLID ACROSS CONCRETE STONE-LIKE LANDSCAPING WEST OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND IMPACTED THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND DRAGGED ACROSS ITS ROOF, DAMAGING AN EVAPORATIVE COOLER AND CAME TO REST SOUTH OF THE HOUSE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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