# Accident 19741012043329A: Semco CHALLENGER, Harvard, IL, October 12, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1974
- Place: Harvard, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 42.4296° N, 88.6211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harvard, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4296&lon=-88.6211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14545, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14545-1998-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Semco Balloon CHALLENGER (registry code 8070802, https://openairdocs.org/model/semco-balloon-challenger) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SEMCO CHALLENGER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 15,300 total, 20 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75AC032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741012043329A

## Narrative

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

HOT AIR BALLOON.INADQT WX BRIEF BY BALLOON-MEISTER.HARD LDG,PLT & PAX THROWN OUT,CONT INTO TREES.

## 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 CHI75AC032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC032), Oct 12, 1974: Semco AX-7 (N14545), Harvard, IL, minor damage, 1 fatal

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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