- Date
- August 15, 1979
- Place
- Shelbyville, IN · SHELBYVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5554SRaven RX-7
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790815021349A
- Case key
- 134634
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2228 79/8/15 SHELBYVILLE,IN RAVEN RX-7 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1935 N5554S PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 48, 34 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 ALL IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHELBYVILLE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: SPECTATOR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BALLOON BEING HOVER/TOWED TO FIELD FOR DEFLATION.OPN CONDUCTED AT SUNDOWN.SPEC HELPING REC BURNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5554S
- Reported as
- Raven RX-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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