N370211985 Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled Dec 18, 2012.
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Last registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Battle Creek, MI
- Certificate issued
- May 24, 1985
- Canceled
- Dec 18, 2012
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Mar 27, 1985
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
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 8B
- Year
- 1985
- Serial number
- F8B-010
- Aircraft type
- Balloon
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A43683
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- 1985 – 2012Individual ownerBattle Creek, MI
- 1981Boeing Vertol CoPhiladelphia, PA · different airframe: 1980 Boeing-Vertol Ch-47(352) S/N Ma007
- 1949 – 1951Individual ownerLepanto, AR · different airframe: 1941 Luscombe 8c S/N 1682
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 18, 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 18, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 18, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026