# Incident 20110820018679I: Raven Industries Inc. RALLY RX7, Lubbock, TX, August 20, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2011, 08:49 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9459V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9459V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raven Industries RALLY RX7 (registry code 7480503, https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-industries-rally-rx7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN INDUSTRIES INC. RALLY RX7
- Reported engine: N/A N/A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 116 total, 116 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110820018679I

## Narrative

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

ON 08-20-2011, AT 0849CDT, A BALLOON STRUCK POWERLINES AND LANDED IN A FIELD IN NORTHWEST LUBBOCK, TEXAS.  POLICE ARRIVED AT 0905CDT AS AN ELECTRICAL LINEMAN WAS REPLACING A FUSE THAT HAD BLOWN FROM THE APPARENT CONTACT OF THE BALLOON ENVELOPE.THE BALLOON ENVELOPE RECEIVED NUMEROUS TEARS APPROXIMATELY FOUR INCHES IN LENGTH.  THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED.HE STATED HE WAS TEST FLYING THE BALLOON ENVELOPE FOLLOWING A REPAIR CONDUCTED AT HIS FAA APPROVED REPAIR FACILITY.

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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