# Incident 19811219087619I: Raven RX7, Anchorage, AK, December 19, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1981, 11:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40222, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40222-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raven S55A (registry code 7480402, https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-s55a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN RX7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 62 total, 9 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811219087619I

## Narrative

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

LANDING APPROACH DIRECTY INTO SUN. BALLOON STRUCK A POWER LINE. MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N40222 (1)

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

- [Accident 19821007051989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821007051989A), Oct 7, 1982: Raven S55A (N40222), Albuquerque, NM. Gondola bounced off a fence and caught on a roof while landing in gusty surface winds during a balloon fiesta.

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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