# NTSB investigations: Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, TX

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 FTW85LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA153.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Arlington, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 17, 1985 · N4065D · Destroyed
  > According to the passenger, a gust of wind caused the Balloon to become airborne prematurely and drift toward pwr lines. Aprx 25 ft from the wires the plt attempted to abort the takeoff by deflating the envelope. Just prior to wire contact the passenger…
- [NTSB FTW84LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA254.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Amarillo, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 27, 1984 · N3610R · No damage
  > During a pre-flt breifing, the wind was reported to be from 280 deg at 6 to 12 KTS. At launch time, the plt estimated the wind was blowing at 7 KTS. He took off at 0720 CDT without difficulty & climbed to about 1000 ft AGL. Aprx 1 hr after taking off, the plt…
- [NTSB FTW83FA364](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FA364.md): Balloon Works Firefly AX-7 · Fort Worth, TX · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 1983 · N3609C · Substantial damage
  > The intended landing area was a parking lot. Adjacent to the lot was a one-story building on top of which a tv antenna about 20 ft above the roof top. In an effort to clear the antenna during the descent to the parking lot, the pltwas not aware of a set of…
- [NTSB FTW80DRJ43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRJ43.md): BLN Works FF-7 · Tyler, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Sep 20, 1980 · N4062L · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW79FPD46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPD46.md): Firefly 7 · Mansfield, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Sep 22, 1979 · N40391 · Substantial 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" = 'TX' 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=TX

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