- Date
- August 15, 1981
- Place
- Barrington Hls, IL · BARRINGTON HLS, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5710JRaven RX-7
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810815059099A
- Case key
- 124092
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2745 81/8/15 BARRINGTON HLS,IL RAVEN RX-7 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1840 N5710J PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 1369 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 14 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT FOX RIVER GROVE,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 7000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5710J
- Reported as
- Raven RX-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
N5710JRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Raven Industries RALLY RX7Airframe modelRaven Industries RALLY RX7Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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