# Incident 19810511040439I: Balwks FIREFLY6B, Mount Vernon, WI, May 11, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1981, 20:00 local time
- Place: Mount Vernon, WI
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9469° N, 89.6560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Vernon, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9469&lon=-89.6560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2086F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2086F-1991-04-30) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 72 total, 70 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810511040439I

## Narrative

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

BALLOON STRUCK A POWER LINE DURING LANDING APPROACH. PILOT SAID SUN WAS IN HIS EYES AND THERE WERE NO POLES IN AREA

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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