# NTSB investigations: Raven Industries S77A

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 DEN89LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA145.md): Raven S77A · Rio Rancho, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 1989 · N4207U · No damage
  > A hard landing due to the pilots failure to accurately evaluate the weather conditions along with a delay in making a precautionary landing. Factors contributing to the accident were high winds and wind shear along with rough/uneven terrain.
- [NTSB LAX87LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA284.md): Raven S77A · Tucson, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 26, 1987 · N43995 · Substantial damage
  > During a local sightseeing balloon flight, the plt was making a landing at an open construction site. The gondola touched down then skipped three times and came to rest on the edge of a ledge aprx 10 ft in height. The balloon tipped over the edge and collided…
- [NTSB DEN87LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA174.md): Raven S77A · Silverthorne, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 1987 · N41986 · No damage
  > The commercial balloon pilot was conducting passenger flights. A landing was being made on a parking lot with ten knots of wind and gusts to twenty knots. Just at touchdown a light gust caught the balloon and dragged it one hundred feet. One passenger chose…
- [NTSB DEN87FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA069.md): Raven S-77A · Park City, UT · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 21, 1987 · N40968 · Destroyed
  > While on a commercial pax sightseeing flt, the plt allowed a non-rated student plt to fly the balloon until it nearly collided with buildings. The plt took over the controls and applied maximum burner heating to avoid impact with the buildings, which resulted…
- [NTSB DEN85LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA127.md): Raven S77A · Fort Collins, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 5, 1985 · N4199G · No damage
  > The balloon basket containing 8 pass'g & 2 crewmembers brushed alongside a fence during lndg. One pass'g who had been jostled by the landing became a victim of 1ACERATIONS & a broken arm from contact with barbed wire fence. The plt stated that the wind was…

## 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 ('7480650'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7480650

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