# NTSB investigations: Raven S55A: In flight encounter with weather

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 FTW96LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA292.md): Raven S55A · Gunnison, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 1996 · N4273Y · No damage
  > The pilot's improper planning/decision. The weather condition (sudden high wind) was a related factor.
- [NTSB LAX87LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA120.md): Raven S-55A · Tucson, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 22, 1987 · N4261R · No damage
  > During a pleasure flight, the pilot reported that upon take-off, the wind was calm. While in-flight the wind increased and the pilot prepared for a high wind landing. The balloon touched-down hard and hit a bush. The pilot and one passenger were ejected from…
- [NTSB LAX87LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA070.md): Raven S55A/AX7 · Peoria, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 27, 1986 · N5561P · Minor damage
  > Prior to lift-off the pilot noted that the wind conditions were calm. During the flight, the surface winds began to increase. The pilot prepared his passengers for a high wind landing and began to lightly vent off hot air. The balloon began descending at…
- [NTSB LAX84LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA257.md): Raven S-55A-707 · Glendale, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 15, 1984 · N5717H · No damage
  > During a sight-seeing flt, the winds, outside air temp & propane gas burner temp began increasing, so the plt elected to land. He notified the chase crew, started a descent & anticipated making a 'drop line' landing. As the balloon began crossing over a dry…

## 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" = 240))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7480402&occurrence=240

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