- Date
- May 23, 1981
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5561LRaven S-55A
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810523029599A
- Case key
- 126023
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1015 81/5/23 ANCHORAGE,AK RAVEN S-55A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 91 TIME - 2030 N5561L PX- 0 1 1 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- HOT AIR BALLOON.FOR HIRE SIGHTSEEING.PAX FELL AND BROKE ANKLE DURING TOUCHDOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5561L
- Reported as
- Raven S-55A
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Merrill
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.