- Date
- October 7, 2005, 07:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 10 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N211LBLindstrand Balloons 210S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20051007024389A
- Case key
- 62681
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Probable cause
the improper decision by the pilot to continue with the landing and the hard landing encountered by the pilot. Contributing to the accident were the high winds and the proper descent rate not being possible.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the pilot, the winds had increased prior to landing. During the landing, "the basket bounced on contact once and came to rest upright." One passenger complained of a sore wrist and 3 days later, x-rays revealed a broken bone in her arm. According to the passenger, the landing was rough and it was windy. She stated the basket bounced twice and she came forward, crushing her arm and hand between her body and the basket of the balloon.
Factual narrative
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Aircraft
- Registration
- N211LB
- Reported as
- Lindstrand Balloons 210S
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 5236
- Airframe hours
- 306
- Engine
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Air race/show · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rainbow Ryders Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 2005 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- Albuquerque, NM
- Airport
- ABQ · Fiesta Field
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Last flight review
- May 1, 2004
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 600 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.34 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.