# Accident 20151009021999A: Aerostar International Inc RX 8, Albuquerque, NM, October 9, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2015, 09:02 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- 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: N5294Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5294Q) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 216 total, 116 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151009021999A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 09, 2015, AT 0902 MDT, N5294Q, AN AEROSTAR RX-8 (LTA-B WITH AIRBORNE HEATER),HAD COMPLETED ITS 50-MINUTE FLIGHT AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA, HAD MADE A ?STANDUP LANDING? IN A CEMETERY AND WAS WAITING FOR ITS CHASE CREW TO ARRIVE.  THE PILOT AND ONE OF THE TWO PASSENGERS HAD EXITED THE GONDOLA TO GUIDE THE ENVELOPE OFF OF SOME TREES WHEN A WIND GUST CAME UP, THE WIND  TILTED THE GONDOLA UP ONTO ONE END.  THE PILOT PULLED THE TOP PARACHUTE OUT OF THE ENVELOPE. THE WIND SHIFTED DIRECTION CAUSING THE GONDOLA TO ROTATE AND CAUSING THE PASSENGER IN THE GONDOLA TO LOSE HER BALANCE AND FALL, SUFFERING NUMEROUS INJURIES.  PASSNERGER WAS WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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