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Incident

FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 7 · Louisville, KY · April 27, 1991

Date
April 27, 1991 · 07:41 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Midair collision, first aircraft
Aircraft
N9071M
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY7
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,030 total1,000 in this make and model

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 descended into drop zone and collided with a balloon in level flight. Came in from above and behind.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOON DESCENDED INTO DROP ZONE AND COLLIDED WITH A BALLOON IN LEVEL FLIGHT. CAME IN FROM ABOVE AND BEHIND.

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.