- Date
- April 7, 1984, 17:30 local (Apr 8, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott Valley, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2014FBalloon Works Fire FLY 6B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840407013019A
- Case key
- 24228
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
When the balloon took off, the winds were virtually calm. However, during the last 30 minutes of flt, the surface winds increased to an estimated 15 KTS which necessitated a high wind landing. The gondola tipped over during the landing & one of the passengers suffered a fractured left femur.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2014F
- Reported as
- Balloon Works Fire FLY 6B (FIRE FLY 6)
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 6628
- Airframe hours
- 293
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jenning C. Kent
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 5, 1983 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- Coyote Springs, AZ
- Destination
- Prescott Valley, AZ
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 62 total · 62 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.