Balloon Works FIREFLY 7B-15
N25718 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Indianola, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 8, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated November 8, 1993.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 7B-15 · all FIREFLY 7B-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F7B-349
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A2741B (octal 50472033)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 8, 2023
- Expires
- November 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- November 8, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · November 8, 1993
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00044642
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Render Keegan C
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 704 Kenwood Dr
Indianola, IA 50125
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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 · 2 clear
The public federal record on N25718, 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 Render Keegan C, an individual, certificate issued November 8, 2023, expires November 30, 2030. 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 F7B-349 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N25718 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper J4A (serial 4-814, cancelled December 30, 1970); Piper PA-38-112 (serial 3881A0061, 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 N25718: Accident on July 10, 1983 at Scottsbluff, NE: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 17, 1982 at Scottsbluff, NE: 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-38-112 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MKC83LA151 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-38-112 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MKC82DA089 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