N9039A
Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B · built 1989
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
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Safety history
No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1989 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N9039A.
- August 12, 1987Accident
DURING A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE PLT STATED THAT EN ROUTE THE ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST PARTIAL POWER. THE PLT MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN TO TRY AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT A NEARBY AIRPORT, HOWEVER, THE PLT REALIZED THAT HE WOULD BE SHORT OF THE RWY. THE PLT LANDED THE ACFT IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE ACFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES THEN NOSED OVER.