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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 4, 2026Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 7-15
N1517R is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 7-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2002. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Balloons Over Iowa LTD, a corporation in Carlisle, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 9, 2016 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 21, 2002.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Firefly Balloons Inc
- Model
- FIREFLY 7-15 · all FIREFLY 7-15s and related versions
- Built of
- fabric and wickerA hot-air balloon: a coated nylon envelope, stainless-steel cables, and a wicker or aluminium basket under a propane burner. This is how the Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 7 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- F7-2017
- Type
- BalloonFAA type of aircraft code 2 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A0D143 (octal 50150503)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 9, 2016
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · BalloonFAA certificate purpose code B (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 21, 2002
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00904057
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Balloons Over Iowa LTD
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 18999 Blue Pl
Carlisle, IA 50047-5452
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N1517R links to the rest of the register
- Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 7 64 registered
- Firefly Balloons Inc 175 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Balloons Over Iowa LTD 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Carlisle, IA 32 aircraft registered in this town
- Iowa 4,512 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N1517R.json.
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The public federal record on N1517R, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Balloons Over Iowa LTD, a corporation, certificate issued May 9, 2016, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated March 21, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F7-2017 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1517R was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B (serial AA5B0017, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N1517R: Accident on April 1, 1983 at Fraser, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman AA-5B · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data