# NTSB Accident CHI94LA309
> **Balloon Works FIRE FLY 7-15** · 1994-09-02 · STORM LAKE, IA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI94LA309
- **Event ID:** 20001206X02195
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1994-09-02
- **Location:** STORM LAKE, IA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.639087, -95.190673
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Balloon Works
- **Model:** FIRE FLY 7-15
- **Registration:** N2597S
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's excessive rate of descent to landing.  Factors in the accident were the gusts and downdraft.

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