# Accident 20090804012599A: Lbl 240ALBL, Albuquerque, NM, August 4, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2009, 08:05 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0372° N, 106.6056° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0372&lon=-106.6056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N494LB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N494LB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lindstrand Balloons 240A (registry code 5180006, https://openairdocs.org/model/lindstrand-balloons-240a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LBL 240ALBL
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,340 total, 300 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA496](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA496) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090804012599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 4, 2009 AT 0805 MDT, N494LB, A LINDSTROM A240 HOT AIR BALLOON, LANED NEAR I-40 AND 98TH ST. IN ALBUQUERQUE NM.  AFTER THE LANDING, ONE PASSENGER COMPLAINED OF A HURT RIGHT ARM.  THE ARM WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DIAGNOSED AS BROKEN.  THE PILOT AND NINE OTHER PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED AS A VFR SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE FIGHT.  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 CEN09CA496](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA496), Aug 4, 2009: Lindstrand Balloons 240A (N494LB), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: A run-on landing of the balloon causing the basket to tip over, resulting in a passenger's injury.

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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