# NTSB investigations: Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, MO

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CHI97LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA207.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Columbia, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 1997 · N1527B · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to properly judge the landing approach. The proximity of transmission wires was a related factor.
- [NTSB MKC82DA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA109.md): Balloon Works Firfly 7 · Ballwin, MO · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jun 20, 1982 · N1506A · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot was demonstrating his ability to make 3 landings to meet the flight requirements for a private pilot rating. The first 2 landing were without incident. After the third takeoff, an increase in the wind velocity was encountered. For the third…
- [NTSB MKC79FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA049.md): Balloon WKS F'FLY7 · Clinton, MO · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Aug 12, 1979 · N2076F · No damage
- [NTSB MKC79DCG64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCG64.md): Balloon WKS Firefy · Grain Valley, MO · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · May 26, 1979 · N2293H · No damage

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'MO' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1050100'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1050100&state=MO

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