# Accident 19800103000639A: Raven S55A, Knoxville, TN, January 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1980, 17:30 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9606° N, 83.9207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knoxville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9606&lon=-83.9207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8542L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8542L-2009-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raven S55A (registry code 7480402, https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-s55a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN S55A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 576 total, 170 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FKW04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FKW04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800103000639A

## Narrative

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

PIC DRAGGING INFLATED BALLOON OVER GROUND WITH STUDENT USING BURNER.BALLOON ROSE.PIC HELD TO 60 FT ALT.FELL TO GRND

## 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 IAD80FKW04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FKW04), Jan 3, 1980: Raven S55A (N8542L), Knoxville, TN, no damage

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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