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Accident

FAA accident report · Balwks FIREFLY 9 · Vacaville, CA · September 29, 1990

Date
September 29, 1990 · 09:00 local
Place
Vacaville, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N90902
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX90LA340
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY9
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,225 total450 in this make and model218 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.

Sudden wind increase then hit by whirlwind and unable to stop descent. Struck wires and dragged on ground.

As the FAA filed it

SUDDEN WIND INCREASE THEN HIT BY WHIRLWIND AND UNABLE TO STOP DESCENT. STRUCK WIRES AND DRAGGED ON GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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