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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY8 · Denver, CO · February 13, 1994

Date
February 13, 1994 · 10:00 local
Place
Denver, CO
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2577G
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY8
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
166 total70 in this make and model30 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.

High winds took balloon out of intended landing area. Landed in railroad yard. Balloon basket was pulled over.

As the FAA filed it

HIGH WINDS TOOK BALLOON OUT OF INTENDED LANDING AREA. LANDED IN RAILROAD YARD. BALLOON BASKET WAS PULLED OVER.

Other reports on N2577G · 1

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