# NTSB investigations: Balloon Works FIREFLY 11

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 LAX04LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA123.md): Balloon Works Firefly 11 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 13, 2004 · N7244X · Substantial damage
  > the failure of the deflation vent line, which resulted in the pilot not being able to control the balloon in the increased wind conditions.
- [NTSB LAX04CA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA003.md): Balloon Works Firefly II · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 28, 2003 · N7021U · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's diverted attention that resulted in the inadequate handling of the burner during ground operations.
- [NTSB LAX00LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA292.md): Balloon Works Firefly II · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 11, 2000 · N7244X · No damage
  > The pilot's failure to use pibals or other on site wind determination devices, and his subsequent failure to detect adverse wind conditions prior to launch of the balloon.
- [NTSB LAX99FA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA273.md): Balloon Works Firefly 11 · Cave Creek, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 19, 1999 · N7021U · Minor damage
  > An unforecast encounter with a low level microburst that resulted in a distortion of the balloon envelope, an excessive outflow of hot air (loss of lift), creating an excessive rate of descent that was beyond the performance capability of the balloon to…
- [NTSB LAX98LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA005.md): Balloon Works Firefly 11 · Rancho Bernardo, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 11, 1997 · N2585Z · Minor damage
  > The pilot's intentional flight in high wind conditions and his improper in-flight planning.

## 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 ('1050125'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1050125

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