# Incident 20170724014929I: Lindstrand Balloons 105A, Rio Rancho, NM, July 24, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2017, 07:00 local time
- Place: Rio Rancho, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2334° N, 106.6645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rio Rancho, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2334&lon=-106.6645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N447LB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N447LB-2020-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lindstrand Balloons 105A (registry code 5180002, https://openairdocs.org/model/lindstrand-balloons-105a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LINDSTRAND BALLOONS 105A
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 415 total, 85 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170724014929I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 24, 2017, AT 0700 MDT, A LINDSTRAND 105A BALLOON, N447LB, REGISTERED TO BUCKET LIST ADVENTURES, LLC, WAS OPERATED ABOVE THE MANUFACTURES RECOMMENDED LIMITATIONS ON A COMMERCIAL BALLOON FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGED, AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A LAUNCH FIELD NEAR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RIO RANCHO, NM, ON JULY 24, 2017, AT 0700 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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