# Incident 19820306009669I: Balwks FIREFLY7, Los Gatos, CA, March 6, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1982, 12:30 local time
- Place: Los Gatos, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2268° N, 121.9555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Gatos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2268&lon=-121.9555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40410, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40410-1984-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 (registry code 1050100, https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALWKS FIREFLY7
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 993 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820306009669I

## Narrative

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

MOORED BALLOON HIT BY SUDDEN GUST. MOORING ROPES BROKEN, PILOT UNABLE TO DEFLATE. BALLOON HIT WALL, TREES.

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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