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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 7 · Paducah, KY · August 29, 1993

Date
August 29, 1993 · 18:25 local
Place
Paducah, KY
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2303H
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY7
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total120 in this make and model40 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.

Encountered gust of wind while landing. Balloon dragged over obstacle. Minor injury to passenger.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED GUST OF WIND WHILE LANDING. BALLOON DRAGGED OVER OBSTACLE. MINOR INJURY TO PASSENGER.