- Date
- January 3, 1980
- Place
- Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8542LRaven S55A
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800103000639A
- Case key
- 131747
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0251 80/1/3 KNOXVILLE,TN RAVEN S55A CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 576 TIME - 1730 N8542L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOXVILLE,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) DUAL STUDENT - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TIEDOWN LINES SNAPPED REMARKS- PLT OUTSIDE BASKET WALKING BLN,STU IN BASKET APPLYING HEAT.BLN ASCENDED,PLT FELL FM APPROX 65FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8542L
- Reported as
- Raven S55A
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
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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.