# Accident 20120922021999A: Lindstrand Balloons 210S, Albuquerque, NM, September 22, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2012, 07:45 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1694° N, 106.6561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1694&lon=-106.6561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N608RR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N608RR-2019-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lindstrand Balloons 210S (registry code 5180030, https://openairdocs.org/model/lindstrand-balloons-210s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LINDSTRAND BALLOONS 210S
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,065 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA659](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA659) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120922021999A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 AT 0745 MDT, A HOT AIR BALLOON, N608RR, A LINDSTRAND MODEL 210S, EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING ONE MILE NORTH OF THE MONTANO BRIDGE, WEST SIDE OF ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO OVER THE RIO GRANDE RIVER, WHILE ON A COMMERCIAL BALLOON RIDE.  VISUAL METERLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND 6 OF THE 7 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED, ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BROKEN ANKLE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT A DRY HOLDING POND SOUTH OF THE GRANDMA MUSIC STORE NEAR COORS BOULEVARD, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, APPROX 1/2 TO 3/4 MILE AWAY.

## 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 CEN12LA659](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA659), Sep 22, 2012: Lindstrand Balloons 210S (N608RR), Albuquerque, NM, minor damage. Probable cause: The failure of the balloon envelope parachute vent to properly seat, which resulted in the uncontrolled descent of the balloon. The reason the vent did not properly seat during the accident flight…

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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