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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 8B · Columbia, MO · August 25, 1995

Date: August 25, 1995 · 08:15 local
Place: Columbia, MO
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9063Q
Reported as: Balwks FIREFLY8B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total1,000 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

N9063QRegistration cancelled Dec 11, 2006 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 8BS/N F8B-331 · Built 1991 Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 8B Engine modelNONENone

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.

Landed near power lines. Wind blew bag into wires. Arcing line broke. Burned holes in panels.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED NEAR POWER LINES. WIND BLEW BAG INTO WIRES. ARCING LINE BROKE. BURNED HOLES IN PANELS.