NTSB investigations: NONE, IA

5 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is NONE, where the first occurrence was “Hard landing”. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

19832026
NTSB investigations: NONE, IA per year, 1983–2026: 5 cases
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'IA' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('00000')
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o.\"occurrenceNumber\" = 1 AND o.\"occurrenceCode\" = 200))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB CHI07CA300Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportCameron Balloons O-77 · Creston, IAThe pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse (high wind) weather conditions, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the high wind encountered during the balloon flight and the barbed-wire fence.Sep 16, 2007 · N9539G · Substantial damageNTSB CHI94LA309Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBalloon Works Fire FLY 7-15 · Storm Lake, IAthe pilot's excessive rate of descent to landing. Factors in the accident were the gusts and downdraft.Sep 2, 1994 · N2597S · Substantial damageNTSB CHI91LA292Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBalloon Works Firefly X-7 · Altoona, IAWeather evaluation misjudged and overconfidence in personal ability. A factor related to the accident was high winds.Sep 7, 1991 · N4055T · No damageNTSB CHI90LA262Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNational Balloon AX-7 · Altoona, IAThe passenger's inadvertent contact with a propane tank during a bounced landing which resulted in serious injury to the passenger.Sep 9, 1990 · N9006Y · No damageNTSB MKC83LA051Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBalloon Works Firefly 7B · Indianola, IAThe pilot elected to make a touch and go landing in wind that was from 010 deg at 7, gusting 9 KTS. During touchdown, the basket was drifting and tilted over sideways. The passenger weithed 290 lbs and was unable to maintain his balance. When the basket…Jan 2, 1983 · N1511Y · No damage