Balloon Works aircraft accidents

119 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Balloon Works aircraft (1982–2024), with 8 people killed and 97 seriously injured. 5% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Recorded accidents went from 4 in 1982 to 1 in 2023.

Deadliest accidents

1. Balloon Works FIREFLY-7, Albuquerque, NM (Oct 9, 1993) · 2 killed
2. Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15, Oklahoma City, OK (Dec 9, 1995) · 2 killed
3. Balloon Works FIREFLY 7B, Orlando, FL (Apr 7, 1985) · 1 killed
4. Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, Kannapolis, NC (Jun 6, 1987) · 1 killed
5. Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, Flint, MI (Jun 19, 1983) · 1 killed
6. Balloon Works Firefly 7-15, Mountain Grove, MO (Aug 17, 2008) · 1 killed
7. Balloon Works FIRE FLY 7, Moorpark, CA (Apr 7, 1984) · 0 killed
8. Balloon Works Firefly 9, Questa, NM (Mar 30, 2008) · 0 killed
9. Balloon Works FIRE FLY 7, Ellsworth, KS (Jul 2, 1983) · 0 killed
10. Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, Brighton, CO (Jul 23, 1985) · 0 killed

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• Cessna · 24,148 accidents
• Piper · 13,241 accidents
• Beech · 4,780 accidents
• Bell · 2,250 accidents
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• Robinson · 1,575 accidents
• Mooney · 1,237 accidents
• Grumman · 1,000 accidents
• Air Tractor · 932 accidents
• Bellanca · 918 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.