# Incident 20241011017669I: Aerostar International Inc S-57A, Albuquerque, NM, October 11, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2024, 09:00 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N5305M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5305M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International S-57A (registry code 7485001, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-s-57a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC S-57A
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 240 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241011017669I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB ABOVE A LARGE RADIO TOWER BUT HIT ONE OF THE GUY WIRES WITH THE BASKET OF THE BALLOON, CAUSING IT TO BREAK AND THE TOWER COLLAPSED. THE BALLOON CONTINUED TO A LANDING WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES.

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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