# Incident 20140729015329I: Balloon Works FIREFLY 7B-15, Indianola, IA, July 29, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2014, 19:45 local time
- Place: Indianola, IA
- Airport: Indianola
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3685° N, 93.5555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANOLA (IA71), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3685&lon=-93.5555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7090T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7090T-2020-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Balloon Works FIREFLY 7B-15 (registry code 1050119, https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-7b-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 7B-15
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,051 total, 700 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140729015329I

## Narrative

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

A BALLOON PILOT, PARTICIPATING IN THE INDIANOLA BALLOON EVENT, DESCENDED TOO LOW AND ACTIVATED THE BALLOON VALVE LINE TO LAND IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID HITTING POWER LINES.  THE BALLOON BASKET MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND THE BALLOON ENVELOPE LANDED IN THE POWER LINE. THE ELECTRIC CURRENT INTERRUPTER WENT OFF.  PILOT AND PASSENGER REMAINED IN THE BASKET UNTIL CLEARED BY POWER COMPANY.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON.

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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