- Date
- December 30, 1987, 09:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Dona Ana, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N40364Raven Rally RX7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871230072789A
- Case key
- 17431
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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 commerical plt was conducting a sightseeing flight in his balloon. After a one and one half hour flight, he landed beside a paved road. The envelope collapsed over a power line. The ground crewman somehow contacted the balloon and was electrically shocked. He was air lifted to a hospital for observation and was found to have minor injuries. The balloon was substantially damaged. No other injuries were sustained in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40364
- Reported as
- Raven Rally RX7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- RX7-306
- Airframe hours
- 193
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas J. Szydlowski
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1986
- Departed
- Old Messilla, NM
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Flight hours
- 266 total · 135 in this make and model · 266 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.