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Incident

FAA incident report · Raven S-66A · Norvelt, PA · October 10, 1993

Date
October 10, 1993 · 09:30 local
Place
Norvelt, PA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6517Y
Reported as
Raven S66A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
320 total30 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Balloon landed in open field. Bumped several times. Basket turned over on side. Passenger struck head on burner.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOON LANDED IN OPEN FIELD. BUMPED SEVERAL TIMES. BASKET TURNED OVER ON SIDE. PASSENGER STRUCK HEAD ON BURNER.