# NTSB investigations: Firefly Balloons FIREFLY 8

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 ERA12LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA231.md): Firefly Balloons Firefly 8 · Fitzgerald, GA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 16, 2012 · N14643 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's intentional flight into adverse weather. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to obtain a weather briefing and his failure to follow the balloon manufacturer's published emergency procedure for weather deterioration during flight.
- [NTSB ATL04LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA094.md): Firefly F8B · Eatonton, GA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 7, 2004 · N2200D · Minor damage
  > The overload failure of the windline quick release tiedown eyebolt.

## 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 ('1050117'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1050117

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