Firefly 7 N40516

21 June 1980 · Colo Springs, Colorado, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 21 June 1980 at about 07:30 local time, a Firefly 7 registered N40516 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Colo Springs, Colorado, United States. 3 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 June 1980 at 07:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Colo Springs, Colorado, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Firefly 7
Registration: N40516
Category: Balloon
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1912

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	1	0	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WND 5 TO 10KTS DRG TKOF, INCREASED DRG 50MIN FLT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1912, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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19 Jul 2008	Firefly 7-15 N2131Y	Jamestown, Rhode Island, United States	-	Serious injuries	-

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