Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 7-15
N22054 is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 7-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2004. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Lake Village, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 24, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 29, 2004.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Firefly Balloons Inc
- Model
- FIREFLY 7-15 · all FIREFLY 7-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F7-2038
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2004
- Transponder code
- A1E425 (octal 50362045)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 24, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · March 29, 2004
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00086249
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wilczynski John J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 3572 W State Road 10 Lot 17
Lake Village, IN 46349-9484
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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 N22054, 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 Wilczynski John J, an individual, certificate issued May 24, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated March 29, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F7-2038 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N22054 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Vitollo Vincent D SEA REY 2 PLACE (serial 1DK-004-AMW-100, cancelled August 8, 2000); Cessna T210L (serial 21059703, cancelled October 8, 1991); Luscombe 8 (serial 880, cancelled August 27, 1943). 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 N22054: Accident on November 20, 1990 at Clovis, NM: serious injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna T210L · operated under 135
AN INADVERTENT DESCENT INTO THE GROUND WHILE CONDUCTING A NON-PRECISION INSTRUMENT APPROACH, AS A RESULT OF THE PILOT FAILING TO STOP HIS DESCENT AT MDA. A FACTOR IS LOW VISIBILITY DUE TO FOG.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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