Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15
N2575P is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Bayfield, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 15, 2021 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated February 24, 1993.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 8B-15 · all FIREFLY 8B-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F8B-436
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A27494 (octal 50472224)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 15, 2021
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · February 24, 1993
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00714242
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Campbell Philip L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 617 Pine Tree Dr
Bayfield, CO 81122-9106
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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 N2575P, 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 Campbell Philip L, an individual, certificate issued July 15, 2021, expires July 31, 2028. 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 F8B-436 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2575P was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (serial 0625, 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]
1 NTSB record under N2575P: Accident on September 2, 2001 at Colo. Springs, CO: serious injuries, minor 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: Balloon Works Firefly 8B-15 · operated under 091
the passenger's failure to follow instructions given to brace for a high wind landing, and the pilot's failure to adequately monitor the passenger's actions. A contributing factor was the thermal lift.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN01LA158 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