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Accident

FAA accident report · Balwks FIREFLY 8B · Greenville, SC · July 3, 1987

Date
July 3, 1987 · 08:00 local
Place
Greenville, SC
Airport
Donaldson Center
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7420U
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL87LA200
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY8B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
457 total7 in this make and model1 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.

A passenger was injured when the ballon hit a wire and landed hard. The winds were above the balloons launch limit.

As the FAA filed it

A PASSENGER WAS INJURED WHEN THE BALLON HIT A WIRE AND LANDED HARD. THE WINDS WERE ABOVE THE BALLOONS LAUNCH LIMIT.

NTSB investigation

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