# Accident 20130608019309A: Aerostar International Inc RX 8, Arvada, CO, June 8, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2013, 08:00 local time
- Place: Arvada, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8675° N, 105.2397° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8675&lon=-105.2397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7059U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7059U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International RX 8 (registry code 7487008, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-rx-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC RX 8
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 450 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA347) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130608019309A

## Narrative

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

COMMERICAL BALLOON PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED AN OPEN AREA NEAR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, BOULDER, COLORADO ON A SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 0730.  AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 THE PILOT NOTICED THE WIND WAS INCREASING AND A LANDING WAS INITIATED. THE PASSENGERS WERE PREPARED FOR A HIGH WIND LANDING AND THE BALLOON CAME TO REST AFTER A GROUND RUN OF 200-300 FEET.  THE PILOT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS NOTIFIED OF THREE BROKEN RIBS.

## 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 CEN13LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA347), Jun 8, 2013: Aerostar International RX 8 (N7059U), Arvada, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The balloon's encounter with unforecast strong gusting wind, which resulted in a high-wind landing. Contributing to the accident was the National Weather Service's misjudgment of the timing and…

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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