- Date
- February 10, 1984, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Butler, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3738HBalloon Works Fire FLY 6B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840210054289A
- Case key
- 35535
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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
During a descent to land, the plt of a balloon tried to level off to reach a desired touch down point. The plt added heat, but the balloon continued to descend. After a hard bounced landing, the balloon began to ascend, but it collided with tree limbs & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3738H
- Reported as
- Balloon Works Fire FLY 6B (FIRE FLY 6)
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 76B-001
- Airframe hours
- 4
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Timothy Erwin Mccoy
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 14, 1983
- Departed
- Glade Mills, PA
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 2 in this make and model · 46 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.