# Accident 20171006022481A: Lindstrand Balloons 240A, Albuquerque, NM, October 6, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2017, 08:50 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- 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: C-FCKX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LINDSTRAND BALLOONS 240A
- Reported engine: N/A N/A
- People aboard: 25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 761 total, 521 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171006022481A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 6, 2017, AROUND 0850 MST, A LINDSTRAND LIGHTER THAN AIR BALLOON WITH CANADIAN REGISTRATION REGISTERED TO SUNDANCE BALLOONS LTD., BUMPED THE ENVELOPE OF AN ULTRA MAJIC SA LIGHTER THAN AIR BALLOON, REGISTERED TO PACIFIC RIM ADVENTURES INC., DURING LANDING AND TIPED THE BASKET OVER.  THIS OCCURRED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COORS AND HIGHWAY 550 IN RIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO.  THIS WAS A SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT WHILE CARRYING PASSENGERS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE LINDSTRAND BALLOON WAS NOT DAMAGED, BUT THE ULTRA MAJIC SA BALLOON SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE CERTIFICATED PILOT AND 12 PASSENGERS IN THE LINDSTRAND BALLOON WERE NOT INJURED.  THE CERTIFICATED PILOT AND 10 OF THE 11 PASSENGERS IN THE ULTRA MAJIC SA BALLOON WERE NOT INJURED.  ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FIESTA ON OCTOBER 6, 2017.

## 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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