- Date
- September 7, 1975
- Place
- Greenwich, CT · GREENWICH, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N51508Raven S55A
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750907033549A
- Case key
- 151075
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3300 75/9/7 GREENWICH,CT RAVEN S55A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE UNK/NR, 5 TIME - 1430 N51508 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENWICH,CT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR REMARKS- BALLOON TETHERED BY GROUND CREWMAN WHO RELEASED GRIP ON HAND LINE AT 20FT AND FELL TO GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51508
- Reported as
- Raven S55A
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No 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.