Balloon Works FIREFLY 7B-15
N25592 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1992. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Woodward, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 14, 2012 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 26, 1992.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 7B-15 · all FIREFLY 7B-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F7B-332
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1992
- Transponder code
- A26DBF (octal 50466677)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 14, 2012
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · March 26, 1992
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00213862
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mcglade Zane Kg
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 506 E 3Rd St
Woodward, IA 50276-2014
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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 N25592, 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 Mcglade Zane Kg, an individual, certificate issued April 14, 2012, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated March 26, 1992, consistent with the 1992 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F7B-332 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N25592 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Porterfield LP-65 (serial 692, cancelled May 18, 1965); Cessna 152 (serial 15280752, cancelled date not given). 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 N25592: Accident on December 7, 1986 at Davis, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 27, 1984 at Emigrant Gap, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX87LA059 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX84LA202 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