Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 7-15
N2202C is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 7-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2003. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Columbiana, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 26, 2012 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 12, 2003.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Firefly Balloons Inc
- Model
- FIREFLY 7-15 · all FIREFLY 7-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F7-2031
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2003
- Transponder code
- A1E3A2 (octal 50361642)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 26, 2012
- Expires
- September 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · September 12, 2003
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00057689
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Carr Larry Dean
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1100 Sumner Dr
Columbiana, AL 35051
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N2202C, 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 Carr Larry Dean, an individual, certificate issued September 26, 2012, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated September 12, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F7-2031 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2202C was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 47D1 (serial M1, cancelled November 3, 1997). 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]
3 NTSB records under N2202C: Accident on April 25, 1995 at Ardmore, OK: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Accident on December 4, 1989 at Ardmore, OK: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 26, 1989 at Ardmore, OK: 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47D1 · operated under 091
INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH A POWER TRANSMISSION ARRAY STATIC LINE WHEN THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND DUAL (PRIVATE PILOT) STUDENT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW95FA181 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47D1 · operated under 091
PILOT'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR EXISTING WIND CONDITIONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE GUSTY TAIL WINDS.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW90LA041 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47D-1 · operated under 091
THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEVELOPING A DANGEROUS SINK RATE DURING THE AUTOROTATION AND TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION BY EXECUTING A POWER RECOVERY. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW89LA104 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