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Incident

FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 8B-15 · Orem, UT · July 4, 2003

Date
July 4, 2003 · 09:00 local
Place
Orem, UT
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N32850
Reported as
Balwks FIREFLY8B15
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
197 total15 in this make and model4 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 was attempting landing to open parking lot, wind changed on short final, balloon basket struck top of parked car, no damage to balloon, no injuries, damage to car was less than $25,000.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING LANDING TO OPEN PARKING LOT, WIND CHANGED ON SHORT FINAL, BALLOON BASKET STRUCK TOP OF PARKED CAR, NO DAMAGE TO BALLOON, NO INJURIES, DAMAGE TO CAR WAS LESS THAN $25,000.