# NTSB investigations: Balloon Works FIREFLY 8-24: In flight encounter with weather

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 LAX88LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA079.md): Balloon Works Firefly 8-24 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 1, 1988 · N74169 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX87LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA168.md): Balloon Works Firefly 8-24 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 5, 1987 · N3750D · No damage
  > During a pleasure Balloon ride, the Balloon lifted off in a southerly direction then shifted to a south easterly direction. The plt felt that the balloons response time for adequate lift took too long. The Balloon began drifting toward 50 to 60 ft power…
- [NTSB LAX87LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA160.md): Balloon Works Barnes FF-8-24 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 1987 · N3750D · Minor damage
  > During a local sightseeing flight, the pilot reported that upon lift-off the weather conditions were clear and calm. During the flight, however, the wind conditions had increased from a westerly direction at a velocity of 12 knots, gusting to 15. The pilot…
- [NTSB LAX86LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA159.md): Balloon Works Firefly 8-24 · Pheonix, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 31, 1986 · N3694C · No damage
  > The Balloon collided with the terrain during a sight seeing tour. The plt noticed the dust signature of ground turbulent wx phenomena known as rotors or dust devils arpx 3 miles ahead. He elected to make an immediate precautionary landing and descended to an…

## 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" = 240))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1050107&occurrence=240

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