- Date
- February 28, 1988, 08:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- Los Lunas, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N81DSRaven S55A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880228005479A
- Case key
- 17458
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
Wind information - misreadCause
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81DS
- Reported as
- Raven S55A
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- S55A-74B
- Airframe hours
- 353
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David V. Sibila
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 22, 1988
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Flight hours
- 273 total · 151 in this make and model · 224 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ, 20 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.
Other investigations on N81DS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.