- Date
- January 5, 1985, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pompano Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4270ARaven S-60A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850105008759A
- Case key
- 31337
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The balloon envelope struck a palm tree and a building while landing. The basket turned over when it contacted the ground. A passenger was injured when another passenger fell on her as the basket turned over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4270A
- Reported as
- Raven S-60A
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- S60A-289
- Airframe hours
- 55
- Engine
- none HP2D, unknown
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Rohr Balloons
- Registered owner
- Raven Industries, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 11, 1984
- Departed
- Deerfield Beach, FL
- Destination
- PMP · Pompano Beach, FL
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 133 total · 18 in this make and model · 112 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FXE, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.