# Accident 20030517009649A: Raven S66A, Albuquerque, NM, May 17, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2003, 08:00 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1389° N, 106.6194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1389&lon=-106.6194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7179Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7179Z-2017-02-28) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 5 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030517009649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 17, 2003, AT 0800 MDT, A AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL, S-66A, N7179Z, REGISTERED TO SKYSPAN ADVENTURES LLC, LANDED HARD WITH A BASKET TIP-OVER WHEN THE BASKET WAS DRUG BY SURFACE WINDS INTO A DIRT BERM DURING A STREET LANDING IN THE INTERSECTION OF MONTANO AND ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE, WHILE ON A COMMERCIAL SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE FLIGHT AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE BASKET WAS NOT DAMAGED. ONE PASSENGER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, THE PILOT AND THE REMAINING 3 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT A BALLOON LAUNCH SITE LOCATED IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE ON 05/17/03 AT 0700 LOCAL MDT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN03LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA081), May 17, 2003: Aerostar International S66A-3060 (N7179Z), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a high wind landing, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing factors include the high wind and the berm.

## Other reports on N7179Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20071008828069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071008828069A), Oct 8, 2007: Raven S66A (N7179Z), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. (-23) On October 8, 2007, at approximately 0742 MDT, an Aerostar S-66A, N7179Z, piloted by a commercial pilot, was substantially damaged when it struck the top…

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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