# Incident 19810110019189I: Raven RX7, Woodinville, WA, January 10, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1981, 13:00 local time
- Place: Woodinville, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7577° N, 122.1468° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodinville, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7577&lon=-122.1468&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4037Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN RX7
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 185 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/19810110019189I

## Narrative

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

BALLOON WAS BEING HELD BY BY STANDERS AWAITING WIND GUSTS TO STOP. BALLOON MOVEDINTO POWERLINES BY SUDDEN GUST.

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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