# Incident 20110521009049I: Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B, Gallup, NM, May 21, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2011, 07:30 local time
- Place: Gallup, NM
- Airport: None
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5138° N, 108.7437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gallup, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5138&lon=-108.7437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1524V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1524V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B (registry code 10501A9, https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-7-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 7-B
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 426 total, 9 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110521009049I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 21, 2011 AT 730 MT, A BALLOON WORKS, FIREFLY 7-B, N1524V, REGISTERED TO THE OWNER, WAS LANDING ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF RED ROCK STATE PARK, NM.  AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE ENVELOPE DRAPED OVER A POWER LINE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENVELOPE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT RED ROCK STATE PARK, NM, ON MAY 21, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 700 MT.

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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