Semco CHLNGR N14554

29 June 1978 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 29 June 1978 at about 20:00 local time, a Semco CHLNGR registered N14554 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. 3 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 June 1978 at 20:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Semco CHLNGR
Registration: N14554
Category: Balloon
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Dual
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2741

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	1	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

PLT STATED DEFLATION LINE TANGLED, BALLOON DRIFTING TOWARD PWR LINE.JUMPED, BROKE LEG.

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 3-2741, 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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