# Accident 20170917021699A: Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, Salinas, CA, September 17, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2017, 06:56 local time
- Place: Salinas, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: LSHG
- Location: 36.6902° N, 121.6338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salinas, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6902&lon=-121.6338&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3286T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 8B-15
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170917021699A

## Narrative

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

ON 09/17/2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 0656 PDT, N3285T, BELL 47G-5, OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 137 AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS WAS SPRAYING A FIELD NEAR SALINAS CALIFORNIA.  IN A STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT:  HE TOOK ON ABOUT 85 GALLONS AND TOOK OFF TO THE NORTH WEST UNDER A SET OF HIGH TENSION LINES, HE MANEUVERED AWAY FROM THE FIELD TO GIVE ROOM TO LINE UP FOR THE FIRST PASS, AND WHILE LOOKING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD FOR TRAFFIC HE RAN INTO A CABLE BETWEEN TWO POWER POLES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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