- Date
- June 3, 1973
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1969RRaven S-55A
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730603015219A
- Case key
- 190225
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1529 73/6/3 ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX RAVEN S-55A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 45 TIME - 1215 N1969R PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALAMEDA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 71 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- INSUFFICIENT HOT AIR FOR RAPID ASCENT TO CLEAR PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1969R
- Reported as
- Raven S-55A
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alameda
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.