- Date
- September 28, 1975
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9VSSemco GAS-4
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151328
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0020 75/9/28 ATLANTIC OCEAN SEMCO GAS-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1760 TIME - 1852 N9VS PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW SEABURY,MA EUROPE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- TRANS-ATLANTIC FLT.GAS ENVELOPE DVLPD LEAK,DITCHED 130MI SSE.ENVELOPE NOT RCVRD,CAUSE OF LEAK UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9VS
- Reported as
- Semco GAS-4
- Category
- Balloon, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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