# Incident 20161002016149I: Aerostar International Inc S-60A, Albuquerque, NM, October 2, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2016, 08:00 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N64914, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64914) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International S-60A (registry code 7486060, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-s-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC S-60A
- Reported engine: N/A N/A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 172 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161002016149I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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