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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Semco Challenger · Palm Beach, FL · August 27, 1983

Date
August 27, 1983 · 19:00 local
Place
Palm Beach, FL
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2052J
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA83IA217
Reported as
Semco Challenger
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
140 total65 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Deflated balloon too close to a powerline. Envelope dropped over wires. Burned balloon top and shocked occupants.

As the FAA filed it

DEFLATED BALLOON TOO CLOSE TO A POWERLINE. ENVELOPE DROPPED OVER WIRES. BURNED BALLOON TOP AND SHOCKED OCCUPANTS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.