- Date
- March 21, 1980
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N40708BLN Works FF-7
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800321010059A
- Case key
- 131577
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3520 80/3/21 TUCSON,AZ BLN WORKS FF-7 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 87 TIME - 1715 N40708 PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ATHLETIC FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCSON,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- DRG TETHER LAUNCH,QUICK RLS BUCKLE SNAPPED BACK,BRK-PAX'S SUNGLASSES,PAX NOT IN UPRGT PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40708
- Reported as
- BLN Works FF-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Athletic Field
N40708Registration cancelled Jun 17, 1996 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 7Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 7
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.