- Date
- May 5, 1974
- Place
- Napa, CA · NAPA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8697Semco 105P
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740505015089A
- Case key
- 124756
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1697 74/5/5 NR.NAPA,CALIF SEMCO 105P CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 170 TIME - 1330 N8697 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SONOMA,CALIF NAPA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GUSTING TO 30K.ROPE BAG CAUGHT TREE TIPPING BASKET OF HOT AIR BALLOON,PLT FELL OUT.PAX LNDD OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8697
- Reported as
- Semco 105P
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Minor damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.