NTSB investigations: Raven S55A, NM

11 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Raven S55A. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

19762026
NTSB investigations: Raven S55A, NM per year, 1976–2026: 11 cases
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Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'NM' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7480402'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB DEN01LA092Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRaven S55A · Albuquerque, NMthe pilot's failure to maintain a visual lookout during approach. A contributing factor was the power lines.Apr 28, 2001 · N40555 · Substantial damageNTSB FTW93LA010Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRaven S-60A · Albuquerque, NMThe pilot's failure to maintain visual lookout.Oct 8, 1992 · N8EN · 2 aircraft · Substantial damageNTSB DEN91LA003Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportRaven S-55A · Bernalillo, NMThe pilot to maintain adequate visual lookout, resulting in an inflight collision with power lines.Oct 6, 1990 · N4062H · DestroyedNTSB DEN88LA081Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRaven S55A · Los Lunas, NMFeb 28, 1988 · N81DS · Substantial damageNTSB FTW83LA440Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRaven S-55A · Santa Fe, NMThe plt elected to land the balloon between 2 power lines. During the landing, the balloon impacted another power line that was installed across the main lines. Electrical arcing occurring occurred. The balloon attachment cables, skirt & gondola were scorched…Sep 11, 1983 · N2732R · Substantial damageNTSB FTW83LA011Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRaven AX-7 · Albuquerque, NMThe balloonist attempted to abort a landing due to wind conditions and believes he encountered a downdraft. The balloon descended and landed on a fence and became airborne again. The wind had picked up to about 15 or 20 knots so the balloonwas traveling…Oct 7, 1982 · N40222 · No damageNTSB FTW82FQA05Accident · No injuriesClosedRaven S-55A · Corrales, NMOct 9, 1981 · N3251R · DestroyedNTSB FTW82FQA02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBarnes AX-7 · Albuquerque, NMOct 8, 1981 · N40708 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damageNTSB FTW81DQA21Accident · Serious injuriesClosedRaven AX-7 · Rio Rancho, NMMar 29, 1981 · N1237R · No damageNTSB DEN80FA002Accident · 2 fatalClosedRaven S55AX7 · Albuquerque, NMOct 10, 1979 · N403AA · DestroyedNTSB DEN76DQA44Accident · No injuriesClosedRaven S-55A · Albuquerque, NMApr 25, 1976 · N54708 · Substantial damage