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Incident

FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 7 · Cazenovia, NY · June 10, 1990

Date
June 10, 1990 · 07:15 local
Place
Cazenovia, NY
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3658K
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY7
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
83 total83 in this make and model5 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.

On landing eased balloon into trees to slow approach. Passengers hand brushed by branch.

As the FAA filed it

ON LANDING EASED BALLOON INTO TREES TO SLOW APPROACH. PASSENGERS HAND BRUSHED BY BRANCH.