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Accident

FAA accident report · Balwks FIREFLY 7 · Red Creek, NY · May 14, 1988

Date
May 14, 1988 · 19:06 local
Place
Red Creek, NY
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1502K
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC88LA142
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY7
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
257 total78 in this make and model3 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.

Ground crewman failed to get off basket until in the air then jumped and was injured. Failed to hear liftoff call.

As the FAA filed it

GROUND CREWMAN FAILED TO GET OFF BASKET UNTIL IN THE AIR THEN JUMPED AND WAS INJURED. FAILED TO HEAR LIFTOFF CALL.

NTSB investigation

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