FAA incident report · Firefly Balloons FIREFLY 10 · Temecula, CA · April 14, 2012
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Down draft caused balloon to hit trees and power line. Minor damage to balloon env. And shrouds.
DOWN DRAFT CAUSED BALLOON TO HIT TREES AND POWER LINE. MINOR DAMAGE TO BALLOON ENV. AND SHROUDS.
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.