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Incident

FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 11B · Napa, CA · October 8, 2002

Date
October 8, 2002 · 09:30 local
Place
Napa, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N15078
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY11B
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,600 total300 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) Pilot attempted to change propane tanks as per fom. Pilot was unable to insert fuel line into tank valve assy. As a result the aircraft descended at a rapid rate injuring one passenger.privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE PROPANE TANKS AS PER FOM. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO INSERT FUEL LINE INTO TANK VALVE ASSY. AS A RESULT THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED AT A RAPID RATE INJURING ONE PASSENGER.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^