- Date
- October 12, 1974
- Place
- Harvard, IL · HARVARD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14545Semco AX-7
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741012043329A
- Case key
- 144841
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4250 74/10/12 HARVARD,ILL SEMCO AX-7 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0825 N14545 PX- 1 1 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 38, 15300 TOTAL HOURS, 20 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FONTANA,WIS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 10 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HOT AIR BALLOON.INADQT WX BRIEF BY BALLOON-MEISTER.HARD LDG,PLT & PAX THROWN OUT,CONT INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14545
- Reported as
- Semco AX-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Minor damage
N14545Registration cancelled Apr 23, 1998 · Semco Balloon CHALLENGERAirframe modelSemco Balloon CHALLENGER
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.