- Date
- September 22, 1979
- Place
- Mansfield, TX · MANSFIELD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N40391Firefly 7
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790922027359A
- Case key
- 133407
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2551 79/9/22 MANSFIELD,TX FIREFLY 7 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 20 TOTAL TIME - 1015 N40391 PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANSFIELD,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40391
- Reported as
- Firefly 7
- Category
- Balloon, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N40391Registration cancelled Nov 15, 2012 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 7Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 7Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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