# Incident 20021008031719I: Balwks FIREFLY11B, Napa, CA, October 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2002, 09:30 local time
- Place: Napa, CA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2971° N, 122.3010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Napa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2971&lon=-122.3010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15078, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15078-2005-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Firefly Balloons FIREFLY 11B (registry code 1050115, https://openairdocs.org/model/firefly-balloons-firefly-11b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALWKS FIREFLY11B
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 300 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021008031719I

## Narrative

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

(-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^

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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