- Date
- November 7, 1976
- Place
- Warrenton, VA · WARRENTON, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8695Semco TC-4
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761107034339A
- Case key
- 156345
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3578 76/11/7 WARRENTON,VA SEMCO TC-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 34 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N8695 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WARRENTON,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT LOWERED BALLOON BASKET 8-10FT AGL DUE TO HIGH WINDS. PLT & PAX THROWN FM BASKET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8695
- Reported as
- Semco TC-4
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8695Registration cancelled Oct 24, 2013 · Semco Balloon TAirframe modelSemco Balloon TEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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