# NTSB FTW84LA368: Raven Rally RX7, N5565V, The Colony, TX, August 25, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 25, 1984, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place: The Colony, TX
- Coordinates: 32.959251, -96.829109 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9593&lon=-96.8291&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: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21444
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA368
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21444/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA368

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5565V-2012-09-24), registration cancelled 2012-09-24, S/N RX7-178, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN RALLY RX7
- Registry model: [Raven Industries RALLY RX7](https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-industries-rally-rx7) (registry code 7480503) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: RX7-178
- Airframe hours: 123
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840825045509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840825045509A), Aug 25, 1984: Raven RX7, The Colony, TX. Balloon landed hard causing passenger to fracture ankle.

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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