# NTSB investigations: Raven S55A: Hard landing

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB DEN88LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA081.md): Raven S55A · Los Lunas, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 28, 1988 · N81DS · Substantial damage
- [NTSB SEA85LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA089.md): Raven R-7 · Mt. Vernon, WA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 6, 1985 · N41964 · No damage
  > The plt discovered after a hard landing that his leg was broken. This was the students second solo in hot air balloons.
- [NTSB MKC84LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA287.md): Raven S55A · Prairie City, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 1984 · N8517L · No damage
  > While the hot air balloon was airborne, the surface winds increased to 13 KTS. The plt instructed both passengers to prepare for a high wind landing. Contrary to the plt's instructions, the passenger, who became injured, crouched in the bottom of the basket…
- [NTSB CHI83LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA235.md): Raven S55A · Rockford, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 29, 1983 · N1127R · No damage
  > The pilot was alone in the basket and was practicing a steep approach to land. The pilot said the reason for his injuries was not the hard landing but lack of preparation for it.
- [NTSB LAX82DA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA098.md): Raven S-55A · Glendale, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Feb 6, 1982 · N5571N · Substantial damage
  > The balloon made a hard landing on rocky desert terrain and the occupants were thrown out. The balloon became airborne while unoccupied and the envelope collided with power lines. The wind was reported to be blowing at 5 to 8 KTS.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7480402')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 200))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7480402&occurrence=200

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