# Accident 19760124000849A: Semco CHALLENGER, Death Valley, CA, January 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1976
- Place: Death Valley, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Aircraft: N5217, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5217-1976-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Semco Balloon CHALLENGER (registry code 8070802, https://openairdocs.org/model/semco-balloon-challenger) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SEMCO CHALLENGER
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 136 total, 136 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DVW12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVW12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760124000849A

## Narrative

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

GONDOLA DRAGGED ACROSS ROCK,BALLOON CAUGHT FIRE.

## 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 OAK76DVW12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVW12), Jan 24, 1976: Thunder AX-7 (N5217), Death Valley, CA, destroyed

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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