- Date
- August 25, 1984, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- The Colony, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5565VRaven Rally RX7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840825045509A
- Case key
- 21444
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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.
Analysis
The plt reported that after takeoff, the wind picked up to about 12 to 15 KTS. She stated she made a normal high wind landing, but due to the angle of landing & position of the passenger's foot, her ankle broke during touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5565V
- Reported as
- Raven Rally RX7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- RX7-178
- Airframe hours
- 123
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kitty Schwartz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 27, 1984
- Departed
- Richardson, TX
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 125 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 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.