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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 5
N1606F is a Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 5, a balloon with no engine, built in 2011. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Old World Ballonery LLC, an LLC in Overland Park, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 18, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 21, 2011.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc
- Model
- FIREFLY 5
- Serial number
- F5-2010
- 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
- 2011
- Transponder code
- A0F4DE (octal 50172336)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 18, 2025
- Expires
- March 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- March 18, 2025
- 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 · June 21, 2011
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01056552
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Old World Ballonery LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 12600 W 142Nd St
Overland Park, KS 66221-8072
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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 N1606F links to the rest of the register
- Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc 40 aircraft on the register
- Old World Ballonery LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Overland Park, KS 189 aircraft registered in this town
- Kansas 5,752 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N1606F, 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 Old World Ballonery LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 18, 2025, expires March 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 21, 2011, consistent with the 2011 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F5-2010 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1606F was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172H (serial 17255001, cancelled April 28, 2004). 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 N1606F: Accident on July 18, 2003 at Isle, MN: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172H · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall. The trees, high density altitude, and the soft field were additional factors.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 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 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data