# Incident 19840814051739I: Raven S55A, Louisville, KY, August 14, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1984, 19:45 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1302R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1302R-1994-02-09) (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: 288 total, 288 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840814051739I

## Narrative

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

FREAK GUST OF WIND BROKE BALLOONS SINGLE TETHER. STRUCK ANOTHER BALLOON AND 5 AUTOS AFTER PILOT HAD RIPPED OUT TOP.

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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