# NTSB MKC82DA102: Balloon Works Firefly 6, N2067F, Hudson, IA, June 13, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 13, 1982, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place: Hudson, IA
- Coordinates: 42.360088, -92.459434 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3601&lon=-92.4594&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 13, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71107
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA102
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71107/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA102

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Miscellaneous/other, approach
  - balloon equipment,burner system - other (cause)
- Forced landing, landing
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE BALLOON WAS IN A DESCENT AND WAS APPROACHING THE LANDING AREA WHEN THE BURNER PILOT-LIGHT WENT OUT. WITHOUT THE BURNER, THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO LAND SHORT OF HIS SELECTED FIELD. HE SPILLED THE AIR FROM THE BALLOON AND TOUCHED DOWN JUST SHORT OF AN 8000 VOLT POWER LINE. THE ENVELOPE FELL ACROSS THE LINES. THE PILOT DISCONNECTED THE BASKET FROM THE ENVELOPE AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE ENVELOPE FROM THE POWER LINES. HOWEVER, THE ENVELOPE "CAUGHT ON FIRE" AND WAS DESTROYED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2067F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 6
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: 611
- Airframe hours: 352
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Dock Built Homes, Inc.
- Registered owner: Dock Built Homes, Inc.
- Departed: WATERLOO, IA
- Destination: WATERLOO, IA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; commercial; medical: unknown; flight hours: 343 total, 343 in this make and model, 332 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 20 statute miles

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820613022259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820613022259A), Jun 13, 1982: Balwks FIREFLY6, Hudson, IA, Substantial damage. Burner pilot light went out on landing approach. Was unable to burn to miss powerline. Envelope burned.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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