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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 8B-15 · Broomfield, CO · July 7, 2002

Date: July 7, 2002 · 07:00 local
Place: Broomfield, CO
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3290G
Reported as: Balwks FIREFLY8B15
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 363 total90 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N3290GRegistered now · Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15S/N F8B-510 Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15 Engine modelNONENone

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Balloon was approaching jeffco airport airspace and pilot decided to land. Made steep approach to vacant building lots in subdivision. Wind was noted to be changing direction from southeast to east upon landing. Balloon touched down hard in a vacant lot then rebounded into street where balloon envelope struck lamp pole on street causing damage to the envelope during venting.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) BALLOON WAS APPROACHING JEFFCO AIRPORT AIRSPACE AND PILOT DECIDED TO LAND. MADE STEEP APPROACH TO VACANT BUILDING LOTS IN SUBDIVISION. WIND WAS NOTED TO BE CHANGING DIRECTION FROM SOUTHEAST TO EAST UPON LANDING. BALLOON TOUCHED DOWN HARD IN A VACANT LOT THEN REBOUNDED INTO STREET WHERE BALLOON ENVELOPE STRUCK LAMP POLE ON STREET CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENVELOPE DURING VENTING.

Other reports on N3290G · 1

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

Accident 19981005039229ALevel Off Touchdown · Albuquerque, NM(.19) On October 5, 1998, at 0808 mountain daylight time, a balloon works firefly 8B-15 balloon, N3290G, was not damaged during a high wind hard landing at Albuquerque, new Mexico. The commercial pilot and one of his passengers were not injured; however, a…Oct 5, 1998