# NTSB CEN13WA492: Aerostar International S-55A, N25QL, Mont-St-Grégoire, Canada, August 11, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 11, 2013, 07:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place: Mont-St-Grégoire, Canada
- Coordinates: 45.338333, -73.162498 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3383&lon=-73.1625&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Transportation Safety Board of Canada
- NTSB case key (mKey): 87787
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13WA492
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/87787/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13WA492

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [Raven S55A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=7480402), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 11, 2013, at 0730 eastern daylight time, an Aerostar International Inc. model S-55A, United States registration N25QL, serial number S55A1-1017, was not damaged when a member of the balloon ground-support team was fatally injured after falling to the ground from 100 feet near Mont-St-Grégoire, Québec, Canada. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The balloon was registered to and operated by the commercial pilot. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed near Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada, about 0650. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Government. Further information may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Board of Canada Place du Centre 200 Promenade du Portage, 4th Floor Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1K8 Phone: 1 (800) 387-3557 Fax: 1 (819) 997-2239 E-mail: airops@tsb.gc.ca Webpage: http://www.tsb.gc.ca This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25QL](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25QL), registered now, S/N S55A-1017, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Aerostar International Inc. S-55A
- Registry model: [Raven S55A](https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-s55a) (registry code 7480402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: S55A-1017
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Air race/show, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: St-Jean
- Destination: Mont-St-Grégoire

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none; commercial; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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