# Incident 19850429046559I: Semco CHALLENGER, Wilmington, VT, April 29, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1985, 19:00 local time
- Place: Wilmington, VT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8693° N, 72.8611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8693&lon=-72.8611&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: 65 total, 61 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850429046559I

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING,GONDOLA HIT TREES WITH RESULTANT TEAR IN ENVELOPE. MINOR INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS.

## Other reports on N35996 (2)

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

- [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.
- [Accident 19780624033719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780624033719A), Jun 24, 1978: Semco CHALLENGER (N35996), Mchenry, IL, Substantial 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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