What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Hard landing in balloon. Wind 10 or 12 knots.
As the FAA filed it
HARD LANDING IN BALLOON. WIND 10 OR 12 KNOTS.
FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 7 · South Lebanon, OH · October 27, 1979
- Date
- October 27, 1979 · 18:00 local
- Place
- South Lebanon, OH
- Phase of flight
- Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft
- N4049S
- Reported as
- Balwks FIREFLY7
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 85 total74 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N4049SRegistration cancelled Jun 16, 1994 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 7Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 7
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.