# NTSB ATL82DA189: Balloon Works Firefly 7, N2236H, Greenville, SC, July 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 5, 1982, 08:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Coordinates: 34.76966, -82.380836 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7697&lon=-82.3808&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70907
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA189
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70907/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA189

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE BALLON WITH THREE PERSONS ON BOARD DROPPED TOO LOW IN A TARGET HITTING CONTEST. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED HE COULD NOT CLIMB ABOVE WIRES SO HE VENTED THE BALLOON IN AN ATTEMPT TO LAND SHORT. THE BAG CONTACTED THE WIRES AND BURNED. THE PILOT STATED HE ENCOUNTERED A WIND SHEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2236H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2236H-2015-04-24), registration cancelled 2015-04-24, S/N 7776, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 7
- Registry model: [Balloon Works FIREFLY 7](https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-7) (registry code 1050100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: 7776
- Airframe hours: 150
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: James I. Mount
- Registered owner: James I. Mount
- Departed: 7A1, GREENVILLE, SC
- Destination: 7A1, GREENVILLE, SC
- Airport: 7A1, Donaldson Center

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; commercial; medical: unknown, unknown; flight hours: 300 total, 250 in this make and model, 300 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 8 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820705028369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820705028369A), Jul 5, 1982: Balwks FIREFLY7, Greenville, SC, Substantial damage. Descended for target area in balloon contest. Drifted into powerline. Deflated moments before contact.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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