# NTSB investigations: Firefly Balloons FIREFLY 8B-15

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 CEN14CA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA215.md): Firefly 8B-15 · Security, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 19, 2014 · N15095 · No damage
  > An unexpected increase in wind velocity which resulted in a hard landing and the subsequent passenger injury.
- [NTSB ERA10CA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA211.md): Firefly AX8B · Durhamville, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 2, 2010 · N1514G · No damage
  > The passenger's failure to adequately brace herself for the landing.
- [NTSB CHI08CA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA281.md): Firefly Balloons 8B-15 · Springfield, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 11, 2008 · N2053D · No damage
  > The failure of the passenger to follow the pilot's instructions by not steadying herself during the landing.

## 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 ('1050116'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1050116

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