N3017B2014 Firefly Balloons 2010 INC FIREFLY 8
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- J&d Bridgewater INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Blairstown, IA
- Certificate issued
- Jul 14, 2014
- Expires
- Jul 31, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 7, 2014
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Firefly Balloons 2010 INC
- Model
- FIREFLY 8
- Year
- 2014
- Serial number
- F8-2034
- Aircraft type
- Balloon
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 4
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A32658
Engine
- Make and model
- None None
- Type
- None
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2014 – nowJ&d Bridgewater INCBlairstown, IA · current
- 1958 – 1970Individual ownerBirmingham, AL · different airframe: Cessna 195 S/N 7900
- until 2007Robinson Helicopter CoTorrance, CA · different airframe: 2007 Robinson R44 Ii S/N 11653
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026