- Date
- May 26, 1979
- Place
- Grain Valley, MO · GRAIN VALLEY, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2293HBalloon WKS Firefy
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790526017019A
- Case key
- 135689
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1366 79/5/26 NR.GRAIN VALLEY,MO BALLOON WKS FIREFY CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 215 TIME - 0700 N2293H PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAIN VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO GRAIN VALLEY,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2293H
- Reported as
- Balloon WKS Firefy
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Grain Valley
N2293HRegistration cancelled May 23, 2011 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 7Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 7Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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