Semco T N65244

3 August 1974 · Napa, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 3 August 1974 at about 11:00 local time, a Semco T registered N65244 was involved in an accident during in flight near Napa, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 August 1974 at 11:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Napa, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Semco T
Registration: N65244
Category: Balloon
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Air Show/Air Racing
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2526

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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

MASS BALLOON ASCENSION AT FAIRGROUNDS.

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 3-2526, 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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Other Semco T accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
3 Aug 1974	Semco T N24412	Napa, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
29 Sep 1973	Semco T N9975	Sacremento, California, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
8 Dec 1973	Semco T N9975	Chico, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
6 Nov 1977	Semco T N24420	Mosquero, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	HOT Air Inc.	Serious injuries	-

All 5 records for this type

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23 Apr 1974	Bell 47G-2 N2822B	Seward, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Heli-Lift, Inc	Minor injuries	-
7 May 1974	Sikorsky S55B N865RL	Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Rotorlift Inc	No injuries	-
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