Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15
N2116G is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2006. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Auburn, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 11, 2014 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 18, 2006.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Firefly Balloons Inc
- Model
- FIREFLY 8B-15 · all FIREFLY 8B-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F8B-2089
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2006
- Transponder code
- A1C06A (octal 50340152)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 11, 2014
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · May 18, 2006
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00253409
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Longeill David J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 22 Shearin St
Auburn, NY 13021-5510
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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
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The public federal record on N2116G, 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 Longeill David J, an individual, certificate issued July 11, 2014, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 18, 2006, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8B-2089 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2116G was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-32-300 (serial 32-7940015, cancelled March 12, 2003); Cessna 182A (serial 51416, cancelled March 14, 1972). 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 N2116G: Accident on August 26, 2001 at Homerville, GA: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32-300 · operated under 091
The improper replacement of an accessory drive component with an unapproved part by maintenance personnel, which resulted in a fatigue fracture of the component and loss of engine power. The airplane subsequently collided with power lines and trees during an emergency landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL01LA095 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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data