- Date
- May 28, 1983, 19:00 local (May 29, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rockford, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1127RRaven S55A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830528022599A
- Case key
- 12192
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Procedures/directives - delayedCause
Analysis
The pilot was alone in the basket and was practicing a steep approach to land. The pilot said the reason for his injuries was not the hard landing but lack of preparation for it.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1127R
- Reported as
- Raven S55A
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- S55A 306
- Airframe hours
- 465
- Engine
- NONE, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David M. Sgricca
- Registered owner
- Liberty State Bank & Trust
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 583 total · 301 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.