# Accident 19740505015089A: Semco 30AL, Napa, CA, May 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1974
- Place: Napa, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 38.2971° N, 122.3010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Napa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2971&lon=-122.3010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8697, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8697-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Semco 105P (registry code 8070503, https://openairdocs.org/model/semco-105p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SEMCO 30AL
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 50 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74DVG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVG53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740505015089A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

GUSTING TO 30K.ROPE BAG CAUGHT TREE TIPPING BASKET OF HOT AIR BALLOON,PLT FELL OUT.PAX LNDD OK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK74DVG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVG53), May 5, 1974: Semco 105P (N8697), Napa, CA, minor damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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