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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Raven RX-7 · Lubbock, TX · September 11, 2005

Date: September 11, 2005 · 08:20 local
Place: Lubbock, TX
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6459A
Reported as: Raven RX7
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,300 total594 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N6459ARegistered now · Aerostar International RX-7S/N RX7-3082 · Built 1986 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

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(-23) On September 11, 2005, at approximately 0820 CDT local time, an Aerostar balloon model RX7-100, N6459A, impacted a powerline breaking two wires during landing, and subsequently the balloon made an emergency. The hot air balloon sustained minor damage. The pilot and the two occupants were not injured. VMC conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the title 14 CFR part 91 VFR flight.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 0820 CDT LOCAL TIME, AN AEROSTAR BALLOON MODEL RX7-100, N6459A, IMPACTED A POWERLINE BREAKING TWO WIRES DURING LANDING, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE BALLOON MADE AN EMERGENCY. THE HOT AIR BALLOON SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE NOT INJURED. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 VFR FLIGHT.