- Date
- October 7, 1982, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N40222Raven AX-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821007051989A
- Case key
- 69731
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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
The balloonist attempted to abort a landing due to wind conditions and believes he encountered a downdraft. The balloon descended and landed on a fence and became airborne again. The wind had picked up to about 15 or 20 knots so the balloonwas traveling downwind as it collided with the roof of a house taking off some shingles. A balloon cable caught on the roof of the house which stopped the balloon. The chase crew sequence was uneventful.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40222
- Reported as
- Raven AX-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- S55-836
- Airframe hours
- 15
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark Mcgill
- Registered owner
- Mark Mcgill
- Departed
- Albuquerque, NM
- Destination
- Albuquerque, NM
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,582 total · 232 in this make and model · 1,986 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.