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Incident

FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 8B · Chandler, AZ · December 2, 1989

Date
December 2, 1989 · 08:50 local
Place
Chandler, AZ
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7415Z
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY8B
People aboard
6
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.

Balloon crossed over spectators at a stadium at approximately 20 feet.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOON CROSSED OVER SPECTATORS AT A STADIUM AT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET.