Semco GAS-4 N9VS

28 September 1975 · Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · No injuries

Summary

On 28 September 1975 at about 18:52 local time, a Semco GAS-4 registered N9VS was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 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: 28 September 1975 at 18:52
Classification: Incident
Location: Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Semco GAS-4
Registration: N9VS
Category: Balloon
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: New Seabury, Ma → Europe
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 5-0020

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

TRANS-ATLANTIC FLT.GAS ENVELOPE DVLPD LEAK, DITCHED 130MI SSE.ENVELOPE NOT RCVRD, CAUSE OF LEAK UNK.

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 5-0020, 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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