# NTSB CHI83LA235: Raven S55A, N1127R, Rockford, IL, May 29, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 28, 1983, 19:00 local (May 29, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Rockford, IL
- Location: 42.2711° N, 89.0940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockford, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2711&lon=-89.0940&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12192
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA235
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12192/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA235

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - procedures/directives - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1127R-1998-09-11), registration cancelled 1998-09-11, S/N S55A306 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN S55A
- Registry model: [Raven S55A](https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-s55a) (registry code 7480402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: S55A 306
- Airframe hours: 465
- Engines: NONE unknown
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: David M. Sgricca
- Registered owner: Liberty State Bank & Trust
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830528022599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830528022599A), May 28, 1983: Raven S55A, Rockford, IL. Pilots leg was broken during a hard landing. He stated he was not braced properly for the landing.

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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