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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 6B · Albuquerque, NM · October 9, 1980

Date: October 9, 1980 · 09:15 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N27124
Reported as: Balwks FIREFLY6B
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 19 total7 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N27124Registration cancelled Mar 25, 1997 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 6BS/N 6674 Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 6B

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.

What happened

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

During a mass balloon ascent, this balloon climbed into the one above. Envelope damaged, landed with 1 minor injury

As the FAA filed it

DURING A MASS BALLOON ASCENT, THIS BALLOON CLIMBED INTO THE ONE ABOVE. ENVELOPE DAMAGED, LANDED WITH 1 MINOR INJURY

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

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