# NTSB investigations: Balloon Works FIREFLY 8-24: Hard landing

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 LAX94LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA337.md): Balloon Works Firefly 8-24 · Sedona, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 1994 · N90299 · No damage
  > a tip over of the balloon and basket during a high wind landing due to the pilot's inability to compensate for the increased wind speed conditions during the final stages of the flight and landing.
- [NTSB MIA87LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA030.md): Balloon Works Firefly 8-24 · Brandon, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 4, 1986 · N37171 · No damage
  > A high sink rate was not arrested prior to the hard ldg. The plt stated that he briefed the pax on ldg procedures which included a tight grip in the event of an emerg ldg. The pax statements differed from those of the Balloon crew concerning the content of…
- [NTSB LAX84LA425](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA425.md): Balloon Works Fire FLY 8-24 · Yountville, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 1984 · N27046 · No damage
  > The initial landing was in an area of limited access and the pilot elected to continue the flight over a tree line to a nearby more suitable field. In order to avoid being carried into a second downwind tree line, the plt descended the Balloon into the field…
- [NTSB SEA84LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA144.md): Balloon Works Barnes AX-8 · Monroe, WA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 24, 1984 · N1509H · No damage
  > During the ballon descent, the plt said he briefed the passengers to bend their knees & hold onto something inside the basket. According to the plt, the descent became more rapid due to a downdraft. The passengers were again warned to 'hang on' because it…
- [NTSB LAX84LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA231.md): Balloon Works Fire FLY 8-24 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 24, 1984 · N36104 · Minor damage
  > The plt took off on a sight-seeing Balloon flt with 5 passengers whose ages were reportedly from 65 to 83 yrs old. About 1 hr & 15 mins later, he landed on desert terrain in winds that he estimated were aprx 10 KTS gusting to 15 KTS. During touchdown, the…

## 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."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1050107')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 200))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1050107&occurrence=200

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