20051008023769I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY 8B · Albuquerque, NM · October 8, 2005

Date: October 8, 2005
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7104D
Reported as: Balwks FIREFLY8B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 70 total70 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N7104DRegistration cancelled Feb 12, 2019 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 8BS/N F8B-092 Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 8B Engine modelNONENone

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) On October 8, 2005, at 0900 MDT, a firefly F8B hot air balloon, registration number N7104D, collided with vegetation while climbing out from an aborted landing. The aircraft was being operated privately as a participant in the Albuquerque international balloon fiesta, and sustained minor damage during the accident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. Neither the private pilot nor the single passenger was injured in the event. The flight originated from Albuquerque international balloon fiesta field on October 8, 2005 at approximately 0800.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON OCTOBER 8, 2005, AT 0900 MDT, A FIREFLY F8B HOT AIR BALLOON, REGISTRATION NUMBER N7104D, COLLIDED WITH VEGETATION WHILE CLIMBING OUT FROM AN ABORTED LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED PRIVATELY AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA, AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING THE ACCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. NEITHER THE PRIVATE PILOT NOR THE SINGLE PASSENGER WAS INJURED IN THE EVENT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA FIELD ON OCTOBER 8, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 0800.