- Date
- August 29, 1984, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Littleton, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1048RRaven S55A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840829073759A
- Case key
- 16474
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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
Plt stated that the entire flt was uneventful. The female passenger had her knees bent in preparation for landing but her body was twisted in a direction that was opposite to her feet when the balloon made ground contact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1048R
- Reported as
- Raven S55A
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- S55A236
- Airframe hours
- 414
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary De Koevend
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1983
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Flight hours
- 390 total · 72 in this make and model · 375 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.