- Date
- July 4, 1992, 08:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place
- Dover, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4037QRaven S-60A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920704023529A
- Case key
- 33106
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Probable cause
The pilot in commands choice of landing area near electrical lines and his failure to exit the balloon and seek safety when it was determined the deflating bag was going to make contact with power lines resulting in his receiving electrocution injuries.
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
Balloon landed in field approximately 30 feet from power lines. Two passengers exited balloon and attempted to pull deflating bag away from power lines. The bag draped over power lines and electrical current travelled down the metal cable which controls the deflation port causing electrocution injuries to the pilot who was holding the cable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4037Q
- Reported as
- Raven S-60A
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- S-60A-230
- Airframe hours
- 215
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roy W. Webster
- Registered owner
- Roy W. Webster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1992 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- Tampa, 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 44 total · 44 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 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.