- Date
- April 6, 1985, 18:42 local (23:42 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Vernon, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N41964Raven R-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850406014129A
- Case key
- 40139
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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.
Hard landing
In-flight planning/decision - misjudgedCause
Lack of recent experience in type of aircraftFactor
Analysis
The plt discovered after a hard landing that his leg was broken. This was the students second solo in hot air balloons.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41964
- Reported as
- Raven R-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- S55A938
- Airframe hours
- 170
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Samdee Hanley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 3, 1984 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- 75S · Burlington, WA
- Destination
- Mt. Vernon, WA
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 8,920 total · 12 in this make and model · 8,600 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.