Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15
N2194Z 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 Holts Summit, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 28, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 15, 2005.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Firefly Balloons Inc
- Model
- FIREFLY 8B-15 · all FIREFLY 8B-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F8B-2066
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2005
- Transponder code
- A1DDED (octal 50356755)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 28, 2026
- Expires
- February 28, 2033
- Last FAA action
- February 28, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · September 15, 2005
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00139139
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wolters James A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2655 Highway 94
Holts Summit, MO 65043-2218
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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 3
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N2194Z, 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 Wolters James A, an individual, certificate issued February 28, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated September 15, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8B-2066 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2194Z was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Dorrell Carl E QUICKSILVER SPRT II (serial 506, cancelled January 20, 1998); Lock Haven Airplane Co KOLB FIRESTAR (serial FS191, cancelled October 25, 1990); Cessna 180F (serial 18051294, cancelled July 15, 1988). 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 N2194Z: Accident on September 7, 1982 at Missing Acft, AK: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 180 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC82DAG59 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