- Date
- October 4, 1988, 10:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- Rio Rancho, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4098GRaven Rally II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881004044279A
- Case key
- 17622
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Analysis
The commercial balloon plt and one pax were participating in a balloon fiesta. The acft took off from albuquerque, on a local flight in calm winds. At altitude, the balloon encountered south winds that carried the balloon to Rio Rancho, where a landing was attempted. At touchdown, the balloon bounced back into the air and passed over the ground crew. The balloon gondola hit and knocked down a cinder block fence. The gondola then hit a picture window and the wall of an unoccupied new home, and came to rest inside the home.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4098G
- Reported as
- Raven Rally II
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- RV 326
- Airframe hours
- 100
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Demaree, Linda
- Registered owner
- Demaree, Linda
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Albuquerque, NM
- Destination
- NONE
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Flight hours
- 353 total · 180 in this make and model · 325 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 41 °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.