- Date
- September 11, 1984, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4066TBalloon Works Firefly 7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840911048089A
- Case key
- 33791
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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
The balloon landed in a field and as wind drifted it, the envelope draped over a pwr line. The plt said his burner malfunctioned and caused the inaccurate landing. Another account was told later in which the plt switched to an empty propane tank for landing. The burner was tested after the accident and functioned normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4066T
- Reported as
- Balloon Works Firefly 7
- Category
- Balloon
- Airframe hours
- 326
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger L. Bentley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1984 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- Cedar Rapids, IA
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 175 total · 175 in this make and model · 151 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CID
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.