What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Balloon scraped powerlines during descent.
As the FAA filed it
BALLOON SCRAPED POWERLINES DURING DESCENT.
FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 6 · Cambridge, WI · December 30, 1979
- Date
- December 30, 1979 · 15:45 local
- Place
- Cambridge, WI
- Phase of flight
- Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft
- N2021F
- Reported as
- Balwks FIREFLY6
- People aboard
- 2
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 35 total20 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N2021FRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2014 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 6Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 6Engine modelNONE
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.