# Incident 20100321029559I: Aerostar In S-57S, Albuquerque, NM, March 21, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2010, 10:10 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90399, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90399) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International S-57S (registry code 7485058, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-s-57s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSTAR IN S-57S
- Reported engine: N/A N/A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 547 total, 500 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100321029559I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING IN HIS BALLOON A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE ENVOLOPE AND DRUG THE BALLOON SEVERAL FEET AT WHICH TIME THE BALLOON BECAME AIRBORNE AND LODGED  ON A LIGHT POST.

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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