# NTSB LAX82DA098: Raven S-55A, N5571N, Glendale, AZ, February 6, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 6, 1982, 09:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.529388, -112.180358 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5294&lon=-112.1804&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 6, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70837
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70837/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA098

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - proper descent rate - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - relinquishing of control - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5571N-2010-05-03), registration cancelled 2010-05-03, S/N S55A-593, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN S-55A
- Registry model: [Raven S55A](https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-s55a) (registry code 7480402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: 593
- Airframe hours: 104
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Berkowitz, Aaron
- Registered owner: Berkowitz, Aaron

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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