# NTSB investigations: Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B: Miscellaneous/other

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 ATL94LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA098.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7-B · Burlington, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 13, 1994 · N1511M · Substantial damage
  > Inadvertent burner control interference by the passenger. A factor was the presence of electric transmission wires at the forced landing site.
- [NTSB CHI91LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA183.md): Balloon Works FIREFLY-7B · Greenwood, MO · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 9, 1991 · N3605G · Minor damage
  > The inadequate briefing to the ground crew by the pilot, because the ground crewman did not understand the intent and objectives of the maneuver.
- [NTSB CHI84LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA244.md): Barnes AX-7B · Lake Orion, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 16, 1984 · N37643 · No damage
  > A 74 year old passenger in a balloon lost her footing during landing and fell on her arm. Later examination revealed that her arm was broken. The plt and another passenger were not injured. The plt reported that the passengers had been briefed on landing and…

## 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 ('10501A9')
    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" = 430))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=10501A9&occurrence=430

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