Raven RX-7 N55536

18 September 1980 · Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 18 September 1980 at about 05:12 local time, a Raven RX-7 registered N55536, operated by World Balloon, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. 3 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 September 1980 at 05:12
Classification: Accident
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Raven RX-7
Registration: N55536
Category: Balloon
Engines: 1
Operator: World Balloon
Operating rule: Flying School
Purpose of flight: Dual
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-2817

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	1	2

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

POWERLINES SIGHTED DRG APCH, STU PLT JUMPED OUT, BALLOON ASCENDED INTO WIRES.

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 3-2817, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
21 Dec 1980	Raven RX-7 N5711K	Dublin, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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13 Dec 1981	Raven RX-7 N5566M	Gallup, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
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15 Aug 1981	Raven RX-7 N5710J	Barrington Hls, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-

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