# Accident 19780624033719A: Semco CHALLENGER, Mchenry, IL, June 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1978
- Place: Mchenry, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 42.3363° N, 88.2915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McHenry, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3363&lon=-88.2915&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35996, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35996-2012-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Semco Balloon CHALLENGER (registry code 8070802, https://openairdocs.org/model/semco-balloon-challenger) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SEMCO CHALLENGER
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 112 total, 112 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78DEE55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEE55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780624033719A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI78DEE55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEE55), Jun 24, 1978: Semco AX7 (N35996), Mchenry, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N35996 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19850429046559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850429046559I), Apr 29, 1985: Semco CHALLENGER (N35996), Wilmington, VT, Minor damage. On landing,gondola hit trees with resultant tear in envelope. Minor injuries to occupants.
- [Incident 19790916023449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790916023449I), Sep 16, 1979: Semco CHALLENGER (N35996), Mundelein, IL, Minor damage. Deflation panel failed to open for landing balloon bounced off a house and subsequently landed in a field.

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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