# NTSB DEN84LA096: Raven Rally RX7, N40995, Albuquerque, NM, February 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 12, 1984, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Coordinates: 35.139755, -106.489738 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1398&lon=-106.4897&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): 16340
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16340/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA096

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, landing - flare/touchdown
  - procedures/directives - not understood, dual student (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40995-1994-07-05), registration cancelled 1994-07-05, S/N RX7332 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN RALLY RX7
- Registry model: [Raven Industries RALLY RX7](https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-industries-rally-rx7) (registry code 7480503) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: RX7-332
- Airframe hours: 12
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: World Balloon Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840212004899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840212004899A), Feb 12, 1984: Raven RX7, Albuquerque, NM. Made hard landing due to strong surface wind. Students ankle was broken by impact. Had been briefed for 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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