# Incident 19800923070819I: Raven RX7, Waynesburg, PA, September 23, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1980, 05:40 local time
- Place: Waynesburg, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8983° N, 80.1855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waynesburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8983&lon=-80.1855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57155, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57155-1984-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raven N05SD-20/20T-0.200 (registry code 7489950, https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-n05sd-20-20t-0-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN RX7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 130 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/19800923070819I

## Narrative

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

RIP PANEL ON BALLOON FAILED TO RELEASE GAS, BALLOON DRIFTED INTO HILLSIDE.

## Other reports on N57155 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800922070049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800922070049I), Sep 22, 1980: Raven RX7 (N57155), Columbus, OH. Balloon rip line failed to expel helium gas. Balloon flew unmanned into wooded hill.

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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