19850113000779A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Raven S55A · Littleton, CO · January 13, 1985

Date
January 13, 1985 · 09:15 local
Place
Littleton, CO
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N81DS
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN85LA078
Reported as
Raven S55A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
144 total144 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Precautionary landing due to increasing wind speed. Wind dragged balloon over a fence and draped it over powerline.

As the FAA filed it

PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEED. WIND DRAGGED BALLOON OVER A FENCE AND DRAPED IT OVER POWERLINE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N81DS · 1

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