Semco TC-4 N65248

12 October 1974 · Harvard, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 12 October 1974 at about 08:30 local time, a Semco TC-4 registered N65248 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Harvard, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 12 October 1974 at 08:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Harvard, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: Dacy
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Semco TC-4
Registration: N65248
Category: Balloon
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Fontana, Wis → Z
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3425

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

HOT AIR BALLOON.WX BRIEFED BY BALLOON MEISTER, NOFSS BRIEF.UN CK DESCENT RATE.DRAGGED INTO WIRES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3425, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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