- Date
- October 11, 1986, 08:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Montville, CT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2799ZRaven S60A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861011086899A
- Case key
- 30565
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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.
On ground/water encounter with weather
Weather condition - gusts
Wind information - misjudgedCause
Hard landing
Proper descent rate - misjudgedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetation
Analysis
While landing in a field. The balloon encountered strong winds and was pushed into trees and brush causing substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2799Z
- Reported as
- Raven S60A
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- S60A-389
- Engine
- unknown UNK, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gilbert R. Foster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 27, 1986
- Departed
- No. Stonington, CT
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 31 in this make and model · 62 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.