- Date
- January 9, 1988, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rio Rancho, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2797LRaven RX-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880109000279A
- Case key
- 17436
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing the plt reported a wind shift which drifted the balloon into pwr lines before the landing could be accomplished. The plt reported she could not see the pwr lines due to the balloon restricting visibility and the pax pointed the lines out to the plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2797L
- Reported as
- Raven RX-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- RX7-434
- Airframe hours
- 82
- Engine
- unknown UNK, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Starr, Marsh Robinson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 2, 1987 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- Rio Rancho, 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 20 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.