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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 7 · Sand Lake, MI · October 17, 1982

Date: October 17, 1982 · 18:40 local
Place: Sand Lake, MI
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N27114
Reported as: Balwks FIREFLY7
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 87 total87 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N27114Registration cancelled Aug 23, 2012 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 7S/N 774 · Built 1977 Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 7 Engine modelNONENone

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.

Balloon hit powerlines during approach to landing.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOON HIT POWERLINES DURING APPROACH TO LANDING.

Other reports on N27114 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19830618025649ADescent · Flint, MIPilot collapsed and died from a heart seizure. The balloon descended and struck a house. Basket lodged on a porch.Jun 18, 1983 · Substantial damage