- Date
- September 19, 1975
- Place
- Baton Rouge, LA · BATON ROUGE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3810Semco TC-4
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750919033589A
- Case key
- 151257
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3018 75/9/19 BATON ROUGE,LA SEMCO TC-4 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 108 TIME - 0935 N3810 PX- 1 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BATON ROUGE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 120 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PROPANE HOT AIR BALLOON HIT WIRES LDG IN FLD. GONDOLA CAUGHT FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3810
- Reported as
- Semco TC-4
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3810Registration cancelled Aug 6, 1976 · Semco Balloon CHALLENGERAirframe modelSemco Balloon CHALLENGER
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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