# NTSB investigations: Balloon Works FIREFLY 7B-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 FTW02LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA240.md): Balloon Works FireFly 7B-15 · Oklahoma City, OK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 27, 2002 · N242MS · No damage
  > the pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather conditions resulting in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the high wind.
- [NTSB FTW02LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA146.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7B-15 · Port Allen, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 11, 2002 · N25360 · No damage
  > The pilot's decision to land in the sugar cane field, which resulted in the pilot's unintentional exit from the basket. A contributing factor was the high vegetation in the field.
- [NTSB CHI97LA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA305.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7B-15 · Columbia, MO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 10, 1997 · N90755 · No damage
  > the pilot's improper planning/decision. The unfavorable wind was a related factor.
- [NTSB DEN93LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA086.md): Balloon Works 7B-15 · Colorado Sprgs, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 24, 1993 · N9067Y · No damage
  > The passenger's failure to assume the proper landing position as instructed by the pilot in command. A factor was: the high wind.

## 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 ('1050119'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1050119

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