# NTSB FTW78FPM21: Semco Chlngr, N14554, Tulsa, OK, June 29, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: June 29, 1978
- Place: Tulsa, OK · TULSA, OK
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 140285
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW78FPM21
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPM21

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14554-2013-04-26), registration cancelled 2013-04-26, S/N SEM142, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SEMCO CHLNGR
- Registry model: [Semco Balloon CHALLENGER](https://openairdocs.org/model/semco-balloon-challenger) (registry code 8070802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Engines: none
- Damage: No damage

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19780629030089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780629030089A), Jun 29, 1978: Amtr 8070320, Tulsa, OK. Plt stated deflation line tangled,balloon drifting toward pwr linmped,broke leg.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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