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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Raven S55A · Albuquerque, NM · October 6, 1979

Date
October 6, 1979 · 09:15 local
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1240R
Reported as
Raven S55A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total120 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.

Balloonists landing obstructed by photographers, got too close to powerline.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOONISTS LANDING OBSTRUCTED BY PHOTOGRAPHERS, GOT TOO CLOSE TO POWERLINE.