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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aerostar International S-60A · Albuquerque, NM · October 2, 2016

Date: October 2, 2016 · 08:00 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N64914
Reported as: Aerostar International S-60A
Reported engine: N/A N/A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 175 total172 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N64914Registered now · Aerostar International S-60AS/N S60A-3078 Airframe modelAerostar International S-60A

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On October 2, 2016, at 0839 MDT, an aero star international inc. balloon bearing registration number N64914, collided with a power line in Albuquerque, NM. The balloon was being operated on a personal flight. Visual metrological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. The commercial balloon pilot and the two passengers were not injured. The flight originated from Albuquerque balloon fiesta part on October 2, 2016, at approximately 0800 MDT.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 2, 2016, AT 0839 MDT, AN AERO STAR INTERNATIONAL INC. BALLOON BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N64914, COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM. THE BALLOON WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE COMMERCIAL BALLOON PILOT AND THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FIESTA PART ON OCTOBER 2, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 MDT.