- Date
- January 15, 1984, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Aibirm, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57090Raven Rally RX7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 39865
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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.
In flight collision with object
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Weather evaluation - inaccurateCause
Wind information - conflictingCause
Analysis
The plt stated that the wind shifted during landing and the balloon touched down hard and lifted off again. With power lines ahead a decision was made to cross over but the balloon struck the lines. Several cables were burned through and the balloon was torn near the skirt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57090
- Reported as
- Raven Rally RX7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- RX7-2200
- Airframe hours
- 155
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stephen K. Peters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Kent, WA
- Destination
- S50 · Auburn, WA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Flight hours
- 99 total · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI, 15 nm away