19880207020199I

Incident

FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 7 · Clearwater, KS · February 7, 1988

Date
February 7, 1988 · 17:30 local
Place
Clearwater, KS
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1539S
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY7
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total225 in this make and model10 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.

Flew too low over feed lot. Stampeded cattle with engine burn at low altitude. Property damage.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW TOO LOW OVER FEED LOT. STAMPEDED CATTLE WITH ENGINE BURN AT LOW ALTITUDE. PROPERTY DAMAGE.