# Incident 20001025031259I: Raven S66A, Las Vegas, NV, October 25, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2000, 15:20 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64547, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64547-2018-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International S-66A (registry code 7486066, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-s-66a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN S66A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 240 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001025031259I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON OCTOBER 25, 2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 315 MP. BALLOON, N64547 OWNED AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA^, USING THE BALLOON FOR A COMMERICAL FLIGHT WITH EIGHT PASSENGERS ON BOARD ENCOUNTERED A DOWN DRAFT ON LANDING. IT FORCED THE BALLOON TO THE GROUND AT A RAPID DECENT IN EXCESS TO 200 FEET PER MINUTE.  THE BALLOON IMPATCHED THE GROUND IN THE AREA SOUTH OF LONE MOUNTAIN PARK WHERE A PASSENGER JUMPED OUT CAUSING THE BALLOON TO RISE.  THE BALLOON ROSE AND HIT A HIGHER PORTION OF THE GROUND, CAUSING THE BASKET TO BE DRAGGED LYING ON IT'S SIDE AND COMING TO REST IN APPROXIMATELY 276 FEET.  THE IMPACT INJURED 5 OF THE PASSENGERS AND FLIGHT CREW WHO SUFFERED MINOR CUTS, AND BRUISES.  THE DAMAGE WAS ISOLATED TO THE GONDOLA WHICH CONSISTED OF RIPPING AND TEARING THE TOP RAIL PAD AND THE WICKER BASKET.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE ENVELOPE OR OTHER PARTS OF THE BALLOON.

## Other reports on N64547 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19871011059409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871011059409A), Oct 11, 1987: Raven S66A (N64547), Albuquerque, NM. Landed hard in a gravel pit. Basket bumped rough ground and passengers fell on each other causing injuries.

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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