Gatch LH1 N7TG
21 February 1974 · Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported · Fatal
Summary
On 21 February 1974, a Gatch LH1 registered N7TG was involved in an accident during in flight near Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Gatch LH1
- Registration
- N7TG
- Category
- Balloon
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Experimentation
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Middletown, Pa → Brittany, France
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Light
- Unknown/Not Reported
- NTSB number
- 3-3072
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
ACFT NOT RECOVERED.DMG AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.ACFT LAST OBSVD ABT 1000MI W OF CANARIAS ISLANDS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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