# Incident 20171007016359I: Aerostar International Inc RAVEN S57-A, Albuquerque, NM, October 7, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2017, 08:10 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: No 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: N155K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N155K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International RAVEN S57-A (registry code 7485057, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-raven-s57-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC RAVEN S57-A
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,690 total, 74 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171007016359I

## Narrative

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

ON 07 OCTOBER 2017, A LTA BALLLON, N155K, AN AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC/RAVEN S57-A, ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT PARKING LOT (GPS COORDINATES: N35.136714, W106.636541). THE BALLOON FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ON THE ROOF OF AN UNOCCUPIED, PARKED HONDA CIVIC AUTOMOBILE, BOUNCED ONCE, IMPACTED THE WINDSHIELD OF AN UNOCCUPIED DODGE MINIVAN,  AND THEN CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP NEARBY IN THE PARKING LOT. THE BALLOON WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL BALLOON PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TWO POLICE AUTOMOBILES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED  FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA PARK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM, AT APPROXIMATELY 0720 MST ON 07 OCTOBER 2017. VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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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