# Accident 19790815021349A: Raven RX7, Shelbyville, IN, August 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1979, 19:35 local time
- Place: Shelbyville, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5466° N, 85.7768° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shelbyville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5466&lon=-85.7768&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5554S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5554S-1982-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raven Industries RX6 (registry code 7480502, https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-industries-rx6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN RX7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 34 total, 34 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEX37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEX37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790815021349A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI79DEX37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEX37), Aug 15, 1979: Raven RX-7 (N5554S), Shelbyville, IN, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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