19900422012189A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Balwks FIREFLY 7-B · Lexington, KY · April 22, 1990

Date
April 22, 1990 · 19:30 local
Place
Lexington, KY
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1512T
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL90LA104
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY7B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
190 total190 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Caught in a dust devil during landing that tore off top of balloon. Partial collapsed balloon landed resident area.

As the FAA filed it

CAUGHT IN A DUST DEVIL DURING LANDING THAT TORE OFF TOP OF BALLOON. PARTIAL COLLAPSED BALLOON LANDED RESIDENT AREA.

NTSB investigation

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