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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Balwks FIREFLY8 · Purcellville, VA · July 10, 1988

Date
July 10, 1988 · 19:30 local
Place
Purcellville, VA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7108
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO88LA066
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY8
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0

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.

On liftoff wind blew balloon into fence and power line. Rose. Hard landing. Ejected pilot. Had passenger open vent.

As the FAA filed it

ON LIFTOFF WIND BLEW BALLOON INTO FENCE AND POWER LINE. ROSE. HARD LANDING. EJECTED PILOT. HAD PASSENGER OPEN VENT.

NTSB investigation

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