Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15
N2568K is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to I-Review CORP, a corporation in Galesburg, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 8, 2019 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated December 19, 1994.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 7-15 · all FIREFLY 7-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F7-873
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A27142 (octal 50470502)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 8, 2019
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · December 19, 1994
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00115192
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- I-Review CORP
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 311 E Main St Ste 700
Galesburg, IL 61401-4890
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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 · 2 clear
The public federal record on N2568K, 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 I-Review CORP, a corporation, certificate issued May 8, 2019, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F7-873 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2568K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8E (serial 5295, cancelled June 13, 1989). 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 N2568K: Accident on August 16, 1986 at Fallbrook, CA: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Luscombe 8E · operated under 091
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