ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298394
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| Date: | Saturday 13 October 2001 |
| Time: | 06:55 LT |
| Type: |  Aerostar Raven S57-A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3636Z |
| MSN: | S57A-3077 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 330 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Albuquerque, New Mexico -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Albuquerque, NM |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot intended for the flight to be short; however, after takeoff, the wind increased and the balloon over flew the intended landing area. The pilot then selected a field at a school in which to land. The field had wires along its edge. As the balloon was clearing the wires, the pilot vented the balloon, but the balloon continued to float past the field, impacting a wooden telephone post located near a building. The balloon rotated, struck the building, and came to rest with its basket on a fence. The pilot reported that at the time of the accident, the wind had increased to approximately 30 knots with gusts to 35 knots. A weather reporting station located approximately 7 miles southeast of the accident site reported the wind speed at 10 knots.
Probable Cause: inadvertent flight into adverse (high wind) weather conditions, which resulted in an inflight collision with objects while landing. A contributing factor was the high wind weather condition.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW02LA014
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Oct-2022 17:29 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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