# NTSB DEN92LA069: Raven S-60A, N4211V, Pecos, NM, July 2, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 2, 1992, 08:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place: Pecos, NM
- Coordinates: 35.569118, -105.670303 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5691&lon=-105.6703&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 29, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 18223
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN92LA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/18223/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN92LA069

## Probable cause

AN ENCOUNTER WITH HIGH WINDS.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - high wind (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT HAD OBTAINED THREE WEATHER BRIEFINGS - AT 2000, 0447, AND 0705 - FOR A DEPARTURE OF BETWEEN 0700 AND 0730. EACH INDICATED THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR BALLOON FLYING. HOWEVER, SURFACE WINDS WERE FORECAST TO BE 15 KTS GUSTING 25 AFTER 1000. AS THE BALLOON LIFTED OFF, A GUST OF WIND WAS ENCOUNTERED, AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO CLIMB IMMEDIATELY TO 1,000 FT. THE PILOT SIGHTED A SUITABLE LANDING AREA AND DESCENDED THROUGH ROTOR WINDS AND LEVELED OFF AT 30 FT. SPEED WAS ESTIMATED AT 25 MPH. ON TOUCHDOWN, THE BASKET TIPPED FORWARD. A PASSENGER WAS EJECTED AND SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN THE BASKET WAS DRAGGED OVER HER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4211V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4211V-1997-01-22), registration cancelled 1997-01-22, S/N S60A273 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN S-60A
- Registry model: [Raven S-60A](https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-s-60a) (registry code 7480606) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: 560A-273
- Airframe hours: 287
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Bond, Wayne & Chapel, Sally P., doing business as Balloons Over Santa Fe
- Registered owner: Bond, Wayne & Chapel, Sally P.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 21, 1992, 19 hours before
- Departed: NONE, SANTA FE, NM
- Destination: NONE

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; commercial; medical: unknown; flight hours: 384 total, 180 in this make and model, 384 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SAF, 24 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920702023539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920702023539A), Jul 2, 1992: Raven S60A, Pecos, NM. High wind, landing basket was dragged 150 ft, passenger fell out and was run over by basket.

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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