- Date
- February 13, 1977
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N51546Raven S-50A
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770213002549A
- Case key
- 157115
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0320 77/2/13 ALBUQUERQUE,NM RAVEN S-50A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, UNK/NR TIME - 0900 N51546 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 94 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RAVEN BURNER POWER UNIT.POWERLINES BURNED PARTS OF BALLOON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51546
- Reported as
- Raven S-50A
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.