Raven S55AX7 N403AA
10 October 1979 · Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 10 October 1979 at about 17:29 local time, a Raven S55AX7 registered N403AA was involved in an accident during in flight near Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 17:29
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Raven S55AX7
- Registration
- N403AA
- Category
- Balloon
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4023
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
BALLOON NOT AIRWORTHY.FABRIC STRENGTH LESS THAN MINIMUM ALLOWABLE VALUE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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