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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Raven RX6 · Albuquerque, NM · March 24, 1979

Date
March 24, 1979 · 11:00 local
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1859R
Reported as
Raven RX6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11 total11 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Balloon partially collapsed due to turbulence. Began fast descent. Pilot "ripped" at 20 feet.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOON PARTIALLY COLLAPSED DUE TO TURBULENCE. BEGAN FAST DESCENT. PILOT "RIPPED" AT 20 FEET.