- Date
- October 11, 1987, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64547Aerostar S-66A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871011059409A
- Case key
- 17402
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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
Upon landing, the balloon touched down on a gravel road and bounced over a small depression. The basket struck a small mound and threw three of the six passengers against the rail of the basket. The other passengers fell against them and the three were seriously injured. There were no other injuries. There was no damage to the balloon or basket.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64547
- Reported as
- Aerostar S-66A
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- S66A-3010
- Airframe hours
- 92
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Alpine Adventures
- Registered owner
- High Sierra Balloons
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 25, 1986 · 92 hours before
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 170 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.