# Accident 20101016048672A: Lindstrand 90A, Cottonwood, AZ, October 16, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2010, 07:45 local time
- Place: Cottonwood, AZ
- Airport: Cottonwood
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7311° N, 112.0283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7311&lon=-112.0283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N807PW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N807PW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lindstrand Balloons 90A (registry code 5180005, https://openairdocs.org/model/lindstrand-balloons-90a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LINDSTRAND 90A
- Reported engine: N/A N/A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 113 total, 113 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101016048672A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 16, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 0745 MST, A PARAGLIDER COLLIDED WITH A HOT AIR BALLOON THAT WAS IN  LEVEL FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 FEET AGL. THE PARAGLIDER BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THE BALLOON AND BOTH DESCENDED TO THE GROUND.  BOTH AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT OF THE PARAGLIDER AND THE PILOT OF THE BALLOON RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  THE TWO PASSENGERS IN THE BALLOON RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.PILOT OF PARAGLIDER NAME IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other aircraft in the event

- NONE: no report for this aircraft in the release

## 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 WPR11LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA017), Oct 16, 2010: Lindstrand Balloons 90A (N807PW), Cottonwood, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The paraglider pilot's failure to see and avoid the hot air balloon, which resulted in a midair collision.

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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