- Date
- November 5, 1987, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Naples, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N4094GRaven S-66A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871105067379A
- Case key
- 32090
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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.
Analysis
After liftoff with the deflation panel partially open, the flt continued towards the landing location. With a high rate of descent established, the plt realized that the balloon would not clear the powerlines that were ahead of the landing location. He then pulled the deflation panel cord, after which the balloon descended rapidly. The gondola touched down after which the envelope fell across the powerlines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4094G
- Reported as
- Raven S-66A
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- S66A126
- Airframe hours
- 136
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Allen, David
- Registered owner
- Advertures Aloft, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 1986
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
- 47
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 26,030 total · 162 in this make and model · 375 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 2 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.