# NTSB investigations: Raven Industries RALLY RX7, NM

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 FTW94LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA004.md): Raven Rally RX7 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1993 · N27953 · Substantial damage
  > Pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor was the gusty winds.
- [NTSB DEN89LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA161.md): Raven RX-7 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 1989 · N4069H · Substantial damage
  > Inadequate visual lookout by the pilot. Contributing to the accident were the power lines.
- [NTSB DEN89LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA004.md): Raven Rally II · Rio Rancho, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1988 · N4098G · Substantial damage
  > The commercial balloon plt and one pax were participating in a balloon fiesta. The acft took off from albuquerque, on a local flight in calm winds. At altitude, the balloon encountered south winds that carried the balloon to Rio Rancho, where a landing was…
- [NTSB DEN88LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA051.md): Raven RX-7 · Rio Rancho, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 9, 1988 · N2797L · Substantial damage
  > During the landing the plt reported a wind shift which drifted the balloon into pwr lines before the landing could be accomplished. The plt reported she could not see the pwr lines due to the balloon restricting visibility and the pax pointed the lines out to…
- [NTSB DEN88LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA045.md): Raven Rally RX7 · Dona Ana, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 30, 1987 · N40364 · Substantial damage
  > The commerical plt was conducting a sightseeing flight in his balloon. After a one and one half hour flight, he landed beside a paved road. The envelope collapsed over a power line. The ground crewman somehow contacted the balloon and was electrically…
- [NTSB DEN88LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA010.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 5, 1987 · N36988 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > Two balloons, a rally and a firefly, collided in flight during the Albuquerque international Balloon fiesta. The pilot of the firely was climbing at approximately 300 feet per minute when his envelope contacted the basket of the rally. The pilot of the rally…
- [NTSB DEN84LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA096.md): Raven Rally RX7 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 12, 1984 · N40995 · No damage
  > The student plt aboard the balloon suffered a broken leg during a landing. She had been briefed on the proper stance forlanding and the instructor thought she was in the proper position but later found out that the students left leg was broken above the…
- [NTSB FTW82DQA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DQA11.md): Raven RX-7 · Gallup, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Dec 13, 1981 · N5566M · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW80FQA44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQA44.md): Raven RX-7 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Sep 18, 1980 · N55536 · Destroyed

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'NM' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7480503'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7480503&state=NM

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