- Date
- January 1, 1986, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lockney, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2796CRaven Rally RX-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860101001419A
- Case key
- 22113
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot stated that he did not checked the wind forecast when he called for a weather briefing about four hours before the accident. The surface winds increased to 30 gusting 40 KTS while he was airborne. He reported that when he landed, he was not properly braced for the landing and he sustained a broken leg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2796C
- Reported as
- Raven Rally RX-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- RX-7-418
- Airframe hours
- 9
- Engine
- unknown UNK, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Don Hurt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1985 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- Lake Ransom, 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
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 12 total · 12 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 30 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.