Semco TC-4 N3810

19 September 1975 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 19 September 1975 at about 09:35 local time, a Semco TC-4 registered N3810 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 September 1975 at 09:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Semco TC-4
Registration: N3810
Category: Balloon
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Aerial Advertising
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3018

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	1	1	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

PROPANE HOT AIR BALLOON HIT WIRES LDG IN FLD. GONDOLA CAUGHT FIRE.

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 3-3018, 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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