- Date
- September 18, 1980
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N55536Raven RX-7
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800918041839A
- Case key
- 128650
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2817 80/9/18 NR.ALBUQUERQUE,NM RAVEN RX-7 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 398 TIME - 0512 N55536 PX- 0 0 1 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING DUAL STUDENT - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 52 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- POWERLINES SIGHTED DRG APCH,STU PLT JUMPED OUT,BALLOON ASCENDED INTO WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55536
- Reported as
- Raven RX-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
N55536Registration cancelled Jan 25, 2018 · Raven Industries RALLY RX7Airframe modelRaven Industries RALLY RX7
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.