- Date
- September 30, 1984, 08:10 local (12:10 UTC)
- Place
- Little Compton, RI
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4272YRaven S-66A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840930061159A
- Case key
- 35645
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt brushed basket against tree tops and bushes to slow the balloons forward speed. Plt pulled deflation port aprx 10 ft AGL over a mown hay field with an 8-10 mph horizontal, 100 fpm vertical speed. Basket bounced and gust of wind caught deflating envelope tipping the basket causing the edge of the basket to contact the ground first. The floor of the basket was pulled away from the side walls of the basket. During the following drag, several passengers slipped out of the side of the basket.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4272Y
- Reported as
- Raven S-66A
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- S66A-140
- Airframe hours
- 205
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Balloon Adventures
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 11, 1984 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- Westport, MA
- Destination
- Little Compton, RI
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 670 total · 205 in this make and model · 205 as pilot in command · 83 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 8 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.