N-90670 (Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B) — routes, history & safety record

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on June 30, 1970.

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1990 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N-90670.

August 15, 1958AccidentHull loss
The Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was "the deficient judgment and technique of the pilot during an instrument approach in adverse weather conditions in failing to abandon the approach when a visibility of one-eighth mile was reported, and descending to a dangerously low altitude while still a considerable distance from the runway."
Convair 240 · 25 fatalities
The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the deficient judgment and technique of the pilot during an instrument approach in adverse weather conditions in failing to abandon the approach when a visibility of one-eights mile was reported, and descending to a dangerously low altitude while still a considerable distance from the runway. Full accident record