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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Raven RX7 · Shelbyville, IN · August 15, 1979

Date
August 15, 1979 · 19:35 local
Place
Shelbyville, IN
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5554S
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79DEX37
Reported as
Raven RX7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
34 total34 in this make and model32 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 was being moved to edge of field after landing. Drifted into wires and burned.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOON WAS BEING MOVED TO EDGE OF FIELD AFTER LANDING. DRIFTED INTO WIRES AND BURNED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.