- Date
- June 29, 1978
- Place
- Tulsa, OK · TULSA, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14554Semco Chlngr
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780629030089A
- Case key
- 140285
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2741 78/6/29 TULSA,OK SEMCO CHLNGR CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2000 N14554 PX- 0 0 2 DUAL AGE 22, 1000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 120 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULSA,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT STATED DEFLATION LINE TANGLED,BALLOON DRIFTING TOWARD PWR LINE.JUMPED,BROKE LEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14554
- Reported as
- Semco Chlngr
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
N14554Registration cancelled Apr 26, 2013 · Semco Balloon CHALLENGERAirframe modelSemco Balloon CHALLENGEREngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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