# Accident 19980829032059A: Balwks FIREFLY7, Freehold, NJ, August 29, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1998, 19:00 local time
- Place: Freehold, NJ
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2602° N, 74.2759° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Freehold, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2602&lon=-74.2759&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9067F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9067F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 (registry code 1050100, https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALWKS FIREFLY7
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 468 total, 295 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980829032059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON LANDING ON PASSENGER STEPPED ON THE OTHER PASSENGERS FOOT RESULTING IN A BROKEN BONE. SEE ATTACHED. (.4) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE HAD SET UP TO LAND THE BALLOON IN A LARGE FIELD, BUT THE WIND SHIFTED SO HE DECIDED TO LAND IN A SMALLER FIELD. DURING THE LANDING, ONE OF THE PASSENGERS LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ONTO ANOTHER PASSENGER WHO INCURRED AN ANKLE INJURY. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD BRIEFED THE PASSENGERS PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.

## 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 IAD98LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA105), Aug 29, 1998: Balloon Works Firefly 7 (N9067F), Freehold, NJ, no damage. Probable cause: The passenger's failure to secure himself during 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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