- Date
- February 6, 1982, 09:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Glendale, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5571NRaven S-55A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70837
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Proper descent rate - not attainedCause
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
In flight collision with object
Relinquishing of control - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The balloon made a hard landing on rocky desert terrain and the occupants were thrown out. The balloon became airborne while unoccupied and the envelope collided with power lines. The wind was reported to be blowing at 5 to 8 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5571N
- Reported as
- Raven S-55A
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 593
- Airframe hours
- 104
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Berkowitz, Aaron
- Registered owner
- Berkowitz, Aaron
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,905 total · 102 in this make and model · 1,548 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 145 °F