# Accident 19971006037599A: Balwks FIREFLY824, Albuquerque, NM, October 6, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1997, 08:00 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74056, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74056-2013-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Balloon Works FIREFLY 8-24 (registry code 1050107, https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-8-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALWKS FIREFLY824
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,657 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971006037599A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOUNCED LANDING. PASSENGER RECEIVED A BROKEN ARM. FAILED TO BEND HER KNEES AS INSTRUCKTED. (-23) ON OCTOBER 6, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BALLOON WORKS FF8, N74056 RECEIVED A HARD LANDING IN ALBUQUERQUE N.M. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. ONE OF HIS PASSENGERS RECEIVED A BROKEN ARM. THE BALLOON WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE ALQUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA FIELD AT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA008), Oct 6, 1997: Balloon Works Firefly 8-24 (N74056), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: the passenger's failure to follow procedures/directives for the landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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