- Date
- January 16, 1985, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Davenport, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N55582Raven Rally RX7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850116002199A
- Case key
- 33905
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - poorCause
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,static
Object - building(nonresidential)
Analysis
Balloon encountered gust during initial climb and began drifting toward wires. Plt elected to deflate & balloon collided with wires & building.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55582
- Reported as
- Raven Rally RX7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- RX7-147
- Airframe hours
- 350
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Advertising Aloft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Limited (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 30, 1984
N55582Registration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · Raven Industries RALLY RX7Airframe modelRaven Industries RALLY RX7Engine modelNONE
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Flight hours
- 211 total · 211 in this make and model · 211 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLI, 9 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.