# Incident 19830710040049I: Raven RX7, Novi, MI, July 10, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1983, 20:50 local time
- Place: Novi, MI
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4785° N, 83.4868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Novi, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4785&lon=-83.4868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40762, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40762-2016-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raven S55A (registry code 7480402, https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-s55a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN RX7
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830710040049I

## Narrative

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

ON DESCENT TOWARD AN OPEN FIELD THE BALLOON ENVELOPE STRUCK TWO STRANDS OF ELECTRICAL WIRE. POWER INTERRUPTED.

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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