# Accident 20121010023579A: Lindstrand Balloons 90A, Albuquerque, NM, October 10, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2012, 09:15 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1997° N, 106.5872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1997&lon=-106.5872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6061R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6061R-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lindstrand Balloons 90A (registry code 5180005, https://openairdocs.org/model/lindstrand-balloons-90a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LINDSTRAND BALLOONS 90A
- Reported engine: N/A N/A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 40 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121010023579A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 10, 2012, AT 0915 MDT, N6061R, A LINDSTRAND BALLOONS MODEL 90A BALLOON, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF THE ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FIESTA PARK (ABFP), ALBUQUERQUE, NM.  IN ANTICIPATION OF THE HIGH SURFACE WINDS, THE PILOT DESCENDED INTO AN OPEN FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT DUG A TRENCH FOR SEVERAL YARDS DISSIPATING THE WIND'S FORCE AS IT CAME TO A STOP.  AS THE GONDOLA SKIDDED TO A STOP, THE PASSENGER STRUCK THE GONDOLA'S UPRIGHT FRACTURING HER HUMERUS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED.  THE PASSENGER THOUGHT THAT HER INJURY WAS A SEVERE BRUISE UNTIL SHE WAS INFORMED ON OCTOBER 11, 2012, BY HER PHYSICIAN THAT THE HUMERUS WAS FRACTURED. ON OCTOBER 12, 2012, THE PASSENGER INFORMED THE PILOT OF HER INJURY.  THE PILOT REPORTED THE INJURY TO THE ABQ FSDO.

## 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 CEN13CA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA035), Oct 10, 2012: Lindstrand Balloons 90A (N6061R), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: The balloon pilot's encounter with higher-than-expected wind velocity, which resulted in a hard landing and passenger 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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