Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15
N2205Z is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2005. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Prestige Pilot Services LLC, an LLC in El Paso, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 27, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 25, 2005.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Firefly Balloons Inc
- Model
- FIREFLY 8B-15 · all FIREFLY 8B-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F8B-2068
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2005
- Transponder code
- A1E420 (octal 50362040)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 27, 2026
- Expires
- April 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- April 27, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · May 25, 2005
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00148969
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Prestige Pilot Services LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 6321 Franklin Red Dr
El Paso, TX 79912-8145
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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 N2205Z, 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 Prestige Pilot Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 27, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 25, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8B-2068 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2205Z was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-181 (serial 287990401, cancelled October 28, 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]
2 NTSB records under N2205Z: Accident on January 1, 1997 at Florence, SC: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 27, 1993 at N. Myrtle Beach, SC: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · operated under 091
The pilot-in-command's improper management of fuel resulting in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA97LA055 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S IMPROPER INFLIGHT DECISION IN THAT HE FAILED TO REFUEL THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO EXHAUSTING THE FUEL SUPPLY. A FACTOR WAS THE SOFT TERRAIN AT THE FORCED LANDING SITE.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL94LA033 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