- Date
- August 3, 1974
- Place
- Napa, CA · NAPA, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19740803028192A19740803028191A
- Case key
- 134404
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2526 74/8/3 NAPA,CALIF SEMCO T CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, TIME - 1100 N65244 PX- 0 0 1 AIR SHOW/RACING UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAPA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- MASS BALLOON ASCENSION AT FAIRGROUNDS.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2526 74/8/3 NAPA,CALIF SEMCO T CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 5395 TIME - 1100 N24412 PX- 0 0 1 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAPA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- HOT AIR BALLOON.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N24412
- Reported as
- Semco T
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N65244
- Reported as
- Semco T
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N65244Registration cancelled Apr 30, 2013 · Semco Balloon TAirframe modelSemco Balloon TEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.