- Date
- November 15, 1980
- Place
- Sun City West, AZ · SUN CITY WEST, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5702TRaven S-55A
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801115078059A
- Case key
- 128000
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3469 80/11/15 SUN CITY WEST,AZ RAVEN S-55A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 803 TIME - 1100 N5702T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 457 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLENDALE,AZ SUN CITY WEST,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT DECIDED TO LND AFTER ENCTRG THERMAL ACTIVITY.WND SHIFTED TWD PWR LN DRG APCH PARALLEL TO WIRES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5702T
- Reported as
- Raven S-55A
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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