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Accident

FAA accident report · Balwks FIREFLY 8-24 · Phoenix, AZ · March 31, 1986

Date
March 31, 1986 · 07:30 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3694C
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX86LA159
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY824
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total100 in this make and model67 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.

Made a hard landing due to shifting winds and downdraft. Passenger thrown out of basket, seriously injured.

As the FAA filed it

MADE A HARD LANDING DUE TO SHIFTING WINDS AND DOWNDRAFT. PASSENGER THROWN OUT OF BASKET, SERIOUSLY INJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.