# Accident 19791215042509A: Raven S55A, Davie, FL, December 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1979, 08:00 local time
- Place: Davie, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0629° N, 80.2331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Davie, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0629&lon=-80.2331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64RR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64RR-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raven S55A (registry code 7480402, https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-s55a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN S55A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 20 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791215042509A

## Narrative

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

BALLOON FLYING AT TREE-TOP LEVEL HIT POWER LINES. PROPANE TANKS RUPTURED. GONDOLA BURNED. VICTIMS JUMPED.

## 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 MIA80FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA018), Dec 15, 1979: Raven S-55A (N64RR), Davie, FL, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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