# Accident 20181008019969A: Ultramagic S A N-250, Rio Rancho, NM, October 8, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2018, 09:59 local time
- Place: Rio Rancho, NM
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2261° N, 106.6494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2261&lon=-106.6494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N275WB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N275WB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ultramagic S A N-250 (registry code 9130008, https://openairdocs.org/model/ultramagic-s-a-n-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ULTRAMAGIC S A N-250
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,060 total, 70 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181008019969A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 08, 2018, AN ULTRAMAGIC N250 LIGHTER-THAN-AIR (LTA) BALLOON, N275WB,  REGISTERED TO BUOYANT INVESTMENTS, INC., AND OPERATED BY WORLD BALLOON OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM, LANDED IN RIO RANCHO, NM AFTER A 50-MINUTE COMMERCIAL ("PAID") SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED, AND A 78-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PASSENGER SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM AS THE WICKER BASKET TIPPED OVER UPON LANDING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM, ON OCTOBER 08, 2018, AT 0909 MDT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA19CA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA030), Oct 8, 2018: Ultramagic N 250 (N275WB), Rio Rancho, NM, no damage. Probable cause: The balloon tipping over during deflation, which resulted in a passenger injury.

## Other reports on N275WB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20191019020619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191019020619A), Oct 19, 2019: Ultramagic S A N-250 (N275WB), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. On October 19, 2019, an Ultramagic N250 lighter-than-air (lta) balloon, N275WB, registered to balloons over the rainbow inc., and operated by world balloon of…

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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