- Date
- April 26, 1981
- Place
- San Dimas, CA · SAN DIMAS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55672Raven RX-7
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125304
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2389 81/4/26 SAN DIMAS,CA RAVEN RX-7 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 56 TIME - 0730 N55672 PX- 0 0 2 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIMAS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- GND CREW REQD PLT'S TRUCK KEYS AFT TKOF.ENTERED DSCNT,UN TO STOP DSCNT BFR HITTING PWR LN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55672
- Reported as
- Raven RX-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N55672Registration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · Raven Industries RALLY RX7Airframe modelRaven Industries RALLY RX7Engine modelNONE
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