Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15
N1524R is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2002. It has 1 seat. It is registered to City Of Riverton, a government body in Riverton, Wyoming. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 1, 2012 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated January 31, 2003.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Firefly Balloons Inc
- Model
- FIREFLY 8B-15 · all FIREFLY 8B-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F8B-2030
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A0D491 (octal 50152221)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 1, 2012
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · January 31, 2003
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00015319
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- City Of Riverton
- Type
- Government
- Address
- 816 N Federal Blvd
Riverton, WY 82501-2913
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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 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N1524R, 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 City Of Riverton, a government body, certificate issued February 1, 2012, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated January 31, 2003, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8B-2030 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1524R was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Air Tractor Inc AT-402 (serial 4020845, cancelled April 1, 1998); Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B (serial AA5B0024, cancelled March 21, 1989). 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]
2 NTSB records under N1524R: Accident on March 17, 1997 at Pine Bluff, AR: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on June 16, 1987 at Croton Fall, NY: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT-402 · operated under 137
failure of the pilot to see-and-avoid the tower. The proximity of the tower was a related factor.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW97LA127 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman American AA-5B · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC87LA175 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data