# NTSB DEN84LA136: Balloon Works Firefly 7B, N3604U, Fargo, ND, April 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 22, 1984, 18:50 local (Apr 23, 1984, 00:50 UTC)
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Coordinates: 46.870079, -96.810127 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8701&lon=-96.8101&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16371
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16371/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA136

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, landing - flare/touchdown
  - miscellaneous - inadvertent, passenger (cause)

## Analysis

DURING A BALLOON LANDING WHICH THE PLT DESCRIBED AS NORMAL, A PAX BANGED HER KNEE & BROKE HER KNEE CAP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3604U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 7B
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: F7B-060
- Airframe hours: 25
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Wesley G. Hunt
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 18, 1984, 241 hours before
- Departed: FARGO, ND

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; private, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, invalid medical for flight; flight hours: 1,200 total, 30 in this make and model, 1,200 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FAR, 14 nm away

## 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 19840422042499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840422042499A), Apr 22, 1984: Balwks FIREFLY7B, Fargo, ND. Passenger had knee cap broken during balloon landing.

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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