- Date
- January 1, 1988, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N74169Balloon Works Firefly 8-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880101001249A
- Case key
- 25930
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - high windFactor
In-flight planning/decision - delayedCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Weather evaluation - inadequateCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - groundFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74169
- Reported as
- Balloon Works Firefly 8-24 (FIREFLY 8-)
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- F8071
- Airframe hours
- 294
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Rainbow Balloon Flts
- Registered owner
- Skiff, Jim
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 25, 1987 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- Carefree, AZ
N74169Registration cancelled Jul 23, 2013 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 8-24Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 8-24Engine modelNONE
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Flight hours
- 381 total · 334 as pilot in command · 92 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 25 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.