# Incident 20020707022779I: Balwks FIREFLY8B15, Broomfield, CO, July 7, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2002, 07:00 local time
- Place: Broomfield, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9205° N, 105.0867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Broomfield, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9205&lon=-105.0867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3290G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3290G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15 (registry code 1050111, https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-8b-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALWKS FIREFLY8B15
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 363 total, 90 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020707022779I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19981005039229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981005039229A), Oct 5, 1998: Balwks FIREFLY8B15 (N3290G), 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…

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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