- Date
- December 13, 1981
- Place
- Gallup, NM · GALLUP, NM
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5566MRaven RX-7
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811213079519A
- Case key
- 122555
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3379 81/12/13 GALLUP,NM RAVEN RX-7 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 38, 60 TOTAL TIME - 0920 N5566M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GALLUP,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- TWO STU PLTS.ENCTRD DWNDFT & STRUCK SIDE OF ROCK MESA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5566M
- Reported as
- Raven RX-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5566MRegistration cancelled May 10, 1993 · Raven Industries RALLY RX7Airframe modelRaven Industries RALLY RX7
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.