# Accident 20090525009389A: Raven S60A, Albuquerque, NM, May 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2009, 08:30 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0901° N, 106.8995° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0901&lon=-106.8995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N120RB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N120RB-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International S-60A (registry code 7486060, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-s-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN S60A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 41 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA318](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA318) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090525009389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 25, 2009 AT 0830 MDT, N120RB, AN AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL BALLOON, MADE A HARD LANDING ON A FENCED YARD EAST OF THE HOTEL ALBUQUERQUE IN "OLD TOWN" ALBUQUERQUE, NM.  ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BROKEN ANKLE.  THREE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED BRUISES AND ABRASION TO THEIR ARMS AND LEGS.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT WAS A COMMERCIAL SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 USING VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR).  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 CEN09LA318](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA318), May 25, 2009: Aerostar International S-60A (N120RB), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive descent rate.

## Other reports on N120RB (1)

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

- [Incident 20090510009969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090510009969I), May 10, 2009: Raven S60A (N120RB), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On may 10, 2009 at 0730 MDT, N120RB, an Aerostar international balloon, struck the montano bridge over the rio grande in northern Albuquerque, NM.…

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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