# NTSB investigations: Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, NM 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 DEN99LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA006.md): Balloon Works FIREFLY-7 · Alberquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 8, 1998 · N36609 · No damage > The passenger's failure to follow procedures/directives for a hard landing. A factor was the congested/confined landing area with power lines on both ends. - [NTSB FTW96LA361](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA361.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Rio Rancho, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 24, 1996 · N7414U · Substantial damage > the pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the power lines. The variable wind condition was a related factor. - [NTSB FTW94FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA008.md): Balloon Works FIREFLY-7 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 9, 1993 · N4058A · Destroyed > The p[ilot's improper decision to attempt continued flight under the existing wind conditions. The adverse wind was a contributing factor. - [NTSB DEN89LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA005.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1988 · N3678E · Substantial damage > The commercial Balloon plt and one pax were participating in a Balloon fiesta. The acft took off from Albuquerque, on a local flight in light winds. At altitude, the Balloon encountered easterly winds that carried the Balloon southwest of Albuquerque, where a… - [NTSB DEN88LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA010.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 5, 1987 · N36988 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage > Two balloons, a rally and a firefly, collided in flight during the Albuquerque international Balloon fiesta. The pilot of the firely was climbing at approximately 300 feet per minute when his envelope contacted the basket of the rally. The pilot of the rally… - [NTSB DEN86LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA189.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Hurley, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 1986 · N37486 · No damage > During landing, one of the paxs in the Balloon basket suffered a broken ankle. Plt says landing was a normal rip out landing. Neither he nor pax knows how injury occurred. - [NTSB FTW84LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA087.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 1983 · N4061P · Substantial damage > The plt reported that during flt, unfavorable winds were encountered. An apch was made to a golf course, but the plt aborted dur to high winds. A short time later, an apch was made to a park area. According to the plt, the wind switched as the Balloon touched… - [NTSB FTW83LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA005.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1982 · N58LB · Substantial damage > The Balloon collided with trees while landing in a zoo parking lot. The weather was VMC and no flight plan was filed. The pilot stated that in attempting to land next to the Balloon they were chasing in a hound and hare game, he allowed the gondola to drag… - [NTSB FTW83LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA010.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 2, 1982 · N4068K · No damage > The Balloon landed in high winds and was dragged by the envelope for about 150 yards. While the gondola was being dragged a passengers boot got caught and twisted his leg so that both bones were broken. The weather was VMC and no flight plan was filed. The… - [NTSB FTW82FQA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQA21.md): Barnes AX-7 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jul 4, 1982 · N2045F · No damage > The pilot stated she made a practice landing near a large hill and had no problems landing. She continued flight for approximately 20 minutes and prepared to land on a road. The balloon impacted a road embankment at touchdown and the pilot broke her leg. She… ## 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" = 'NM' 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=NM --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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