- Date
- July 5, 1975
- Place
- Foxboro, MA · FOXBORO, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71CTRaven S-50A
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750705019999A
- Case key
- 149599
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1659 75/7/5 FOXBORO,MA RAVEN S-50A CR- 0 1 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 20 TIME - 1610 N71CT PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION N PROVIDENCE,RI UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- LNDD ON LAKE,CREW SPILLED FRM GONDOLA DRG T/D.BALLOON BECAME AIRBORNE,LNDD IN GRAVEYARD 8MIN LATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71CT
- Reported as
- Raven S-50A
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Minor damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.