Raven RX-7 N5554S

15 August 1979 · Shelbyville, Indiana, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 15 August 1979 at about 19:35 local time, a Raven RX-7 registered N5554S was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Shelbyville, Indiana, United States. 3 people were on board. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 August 1979 at 19:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Raven RX-7
Registration: N5554S
Category: Balloon
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Dual
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-2228

People

Injuries not recorded.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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 BEING HOVER/TOWED TO FIELD FOR DEFLATION.OPN CONDUCTED AT SUNDOWN.SPEC HELPING REC BURNS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2228, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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