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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Balwks FIREFLY 6B · Naturita, CO · June 21, 1980

Date
June 21, 1980 · 20:30 local
Place
Naturita, CO
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2044F
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN80DTE56
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY6B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
178 total79 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Burner flamed-out trying to avoid power lines. Impact severed cables. Dropped basket to ground. Cause unknown.

As the FAA filed it

BURNER FLAMED-OUT TRYING TO AVOID POWER LINES. IMPACT SEVERED CABLES. DROPPED BASKET TO GROUND. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.