# Incident 20060930020849I: Balwks FIREFLY7B15, Wllington, KS, September 30, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2006, 18:30 local time
- Place: Wllington, KS
- Airport: Wellington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3250° N, 97.3884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WELLINGTON MUNI (EGT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3250&lon=-97.3884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2203B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2203B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Firefly Balloons FIREFLY 7B-15 (registry code 1050123, https://openairdocs.org/model/firefly-balloons-firefly-7b-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALWKS FIREFLY7B15
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 900 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060930020849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING THE INFLATION OF THE BALLOON ENVELOPE THE PILOT LIGHT HOSE TO THE BURNER CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON BASKET AND ENVELOPE.

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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