- Date
- July 9, 1978
- Place
- Tracy, CA · TRACY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70BERaven S-55A
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780709019129A
- Case key
- 141417
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1758 78/7/9 NR.TRACY,CA RAVEN S-55A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 46 TOTAL TIME - 0730 N70BE PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRACY,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 160 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70BE
- Reported as
- Raven S-55A
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Minor damage
N70BERegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Raven S55AAirframe modelRaven S55AEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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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.