19900915048152I

Incident

FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 6B · Creston, IA · September 15, 1990

Date: September 15, 1990 · 08:15 local
Place: Creston, IA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
Aircraft: N9019V
Reported as: Balwks FIREFLY6B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 454 total454 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

N9019VRegistration cancelled Oct 2, 2001 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 6BS/N F6B-032 Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 6B

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.

Pilot of N3721G climbed his balloon into basket of N9010V. Able to recover and land safely.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT OF N3721G CLIMBED HIS BALLOON INTO BASKET OF N9010V. ABLE TO RECOVER AND LAND SAFELY.

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

N3721GBalwks FIREFLY7Incident 19900915048151I · Minor damage

Other reports on N9019V · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19950822034369IFinal Approach · Columbia, MODescended for target in balloon meet. Saw power line. Vented but skirt hit wires. Wires parted due arcing.Aug 22, 1995 · Minor damage