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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Raven RX-7 · Albuquerque, NM · October 11, 1996

Date: October 11, 1996 · 09:26 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9098F
Reported as: Raven RX7
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 36 total36 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N9098FRegistration cancelled Jul 21, 2006 · Aerostar International RX-7S/N RX7-3285 · Built 1993 Airframe modelAerostar International RX-7 Engine modelNONENone

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.

Narrative: balloon was landing at 8800 and 2nd. Ground crew was waiting at field. Pilot released top panel and crew grabbed basket as it touched down. The balloon was dragged approximately 75 yd. The crew spotted the power line and told the crew to let go. The envelope dropped over the powerline. Pnm was notified and a pnm crew assisted to remove the envelope from the line. The skirt was burned, approximately 25 ft up the envelope was burned. The pyrometers line and inst. Were damaged. Upright arching and needs replaced. Incident could not have been avoided. A gust of wind caught the balloon and the envelope ended up in a power line. Minor damage and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: BALLOON WAS LANDING AT 8800 AND 2ND. GROUND CREW WAS WAITING AT FIELD. PILOT RELEASED TOP PANEL AND CREW GRABBED BASKET AS IT TOUCHED DOWN. THE BALLOON WAS DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 75 YD. THE CREW SPOTTED THE POWER LINE AND TOLD THE CREW TO LET GO. THE ENVELOPE DROPPED OVER THE POWERLINE. PNM WAS NOTIFIED AND A PNM CREW ASSISTED TO REMOVE THE ENVELOPE FROM THE LINE. THE SKIRT WAS BURNED, APPROXIMATELY 25 FT UP THE ENVELOPE WAS BURNED. THE PYROMETERS LINE AND INST. WERE DAMAGED. UPRIGHT ARCHING AND NEEDS REPLACED. INCIDENT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE BALLOON AND THE ENVELOPE ENDED UP IN A POWER LINE. MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.