Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15
N2189H is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2005. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Fort Worth, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 7, 2006 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 12, 2005.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Firefly Balloons Inc
- Model
- FIREFLY 8B-15 · all FIREFLY 8B-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F8B-2071
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2005
- Transponder code
- A1DAD5 (octal 50355325)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 7, 2006
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · April 12, 2005
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00162889
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Holmes Jerry L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 6913 Serrano Dr
Fort Worth, TX 76126-2315
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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 N2189H, 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 Holmes Jerry L, an individual, certificate issued June 7, 2006, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 12, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8B-2071 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2189H was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-181 (serial 287990211, cancelled January 13, 1994); Ercoupe 415-C (serial 2812, cancelled May 29, 1973). 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 N2189H: Accident on September 4, 1993 at Columbia Stn, OH: minor 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-28-181 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S DELAY IN INITIATING A GO-AROUND (ABORTED LANDING), AND HIS IMPROPER RAISING OF THE FLAPS AT A LOW AIRSPEED AFTER LIFT-OFF, WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL/MUSH. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT FOR LANDING.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for BFO93LA165 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