# Incident 19800817067379I: Raven S60A, Cummington, MA, August 17, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1980, 09:00 local time
- Place: Cummington, MA
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4618° N, 72.8940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cummington, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4618&lon=-72.8940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76MT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76MT-1998-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raven S-60A (registry code 7480606, https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-s-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN S60A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800817067379I

## Narrative

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

NON CERTIFICATED PERSON TETHERED HOT AIR BALLOON TO TRUCK. WIND LIFTED TRUCK OFF GROUND, INJURING GIRL IN TRUCK.

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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