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Incident

FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 7-B · Bonner Springs, KS · May 20, 1984

Date
May 20, 1984 · 20:30 local
Place
Bonner Springs, KS
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1544N
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY7B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
19 total19 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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.

Landed basket in powerlines by venting envelope too soon on approach. Wires broke and allowed a safe landing.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED BASKET IN POWERLINES BY VENTING ENVELOPE TOO SOON ON APPROACH. WIRES BROKE AND ALLOWED A SAFE LANDING.