- Date
- October 16, 1977
- Place
- Mauston, WI · MAUSTON, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14550Semco Chlngr
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771016035809A
- Case key
- 144518
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3464 77/10/16 MAUSTON,WI SEMCO CHLNGR CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 9685 TIME - 0945 N14550 PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAUSTON,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PAX DID NOT ASSUME BRIEFED POSITION FOR LANDING.PIC DID NOT CORRECT PAX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14550
- Reported as
- Semco Chlngr
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
N14550Registration cancelled Aug 11, 1988 · 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.