- Date
- February 12, 1984, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40995Raven Rally RX7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840212004899A
- Case key
- 16340
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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.
Analysis
The student plt aboard the balloon suffered a broken leg during a landing. She had been briefed on the proper stance forlanding and the instructor thought she was in the proper position but later found out that the students left leg was broken above the ankle, according to the instructor the landing was good and the gondola did not bounce or drag.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40995
- Reported as
- Raven Rally RX7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- RX7-332
- Airframe hours
- 12
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- World Balloon Corporation
- 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
- 34
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 156 total · 136 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.