- Date
- October 15, 1978
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N27015Firefly 6B
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781015032089A
- Case key
- 201268
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3038 78/10/15 ALBUQUERQUE,NM FIREFLY 6B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 0900 N27015 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 137 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27015
- Reported as
- Firefly 6B
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N27015Registration cancelled Jul 15, 1988 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 6BAirframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 6B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.