# NTSB Accident DEN99LA023
> **Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15** · 1998-10-05 · ALBUQUERQUE, NM, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN99LA023
- **Event ID:** 20001211X11248
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-10-05
- **Location:** ALBUQUERQUE, NM, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.0592, -106.619766
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Balloon Works
- **Model:** FIREFLY 8B-15
- **Registration:** N3290G
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The passenger not following high wind landing procedures/directives which were given to her by the pilot.  A factor was the unforecasted high wind condition.

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