# Accident 19800906040449A: Balwks FIREFLY6B, Shedd, OR, September 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1980, 09:20 local time
- Place: Shedd, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4580° N, 123.1119° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shedd, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4580&lon=-123.1119&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27057, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27057-1983-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Balloon Works FIREFLY 6B (registry code 1050103, https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-6b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALWKS FIREFLY6B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 537 total, 93 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FYM60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYM60) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800906040449A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RAN OUT OF FUEL. BALLOON DRIFTED & DESCENDED INTO POWER LINE. BASKET CAUGHT FIRE, HIT GROUND, BALOON SEPERATED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA80FYM60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYM60), Sep 6, 1980: BLN Works FF-6B (N27057), Shedd, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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