# Incident 19960803024529I: Raven S66A, Fort Collins, CO, August 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1996, 08:15 local time
- Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N122RB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N122RB-2017-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raven Industries S-66A (registry code 7480612, https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-industries-s-66a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN S66A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960803024529I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: BALLOON LAUNCHED AT 0715. AFTER LAUNCH THE WIND PICKED UP TO 330 DEGREES/30. THIS WAS NOT PREDICTED. ON LANDING THE BASKET TIPPED OVER AND ONE PASSENGER FELL OUT AND INTO A CACTUS BUSH. MINOR BRUISES TO 2 PASSENGERS. MR. GARCIA TOOK ALL 4 PASSENGERS TO POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL. NASA REPORT FILED.

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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