# Incident 19810125001559I: Raven S55A, Haymarket, VA, January 25, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1981, 15:45 local time
- Place: Haymarket, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8122° N, 77.6363° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Haymarket, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8122&lon=-77.6363&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55709, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55709-2013-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raven S55A (registry code 7480402, https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-s55a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN S55A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 800 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/19810125001559I

## Narrative

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

DURING INFLATION OF BALLOON TALL GRASS WAS IGNITED BY THE BURNER.

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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