- Date
- September 1, 1985, 07:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Littleton, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2259HBalloon Works Firefly 7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850901043979A
- Case key
- 16757
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt attempted to land his balloon in high winds resulting a hard ldg which threw him out of the basket the balloon then began an immediate asent until a pax pulled the vent line and the balloon settled rapidly until it hit the grd. Injuries to passengers occurred when the balloon struck the grd the 2nd time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2259H
- Reported as
- Balloon Works Firefly 7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 7765
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jeffrey Kirk Pinar
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 13, 1985
- Departed
- Littleton, CO
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 141 total · 141 in this make and model · 108 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN, 15 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.