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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15
N2580F is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1993. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Palisade, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 21, 2020 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 22, 1993.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 8B-15 · all FIREFLY 8B-15s and related versions
- Built of
- fabric and wickerA hot-air balloon: a coated nylon envelope, stainless-steel cables, and a wicker or aluminium basket under a propane burner. This is how the Balloon Works FIREFLY 8 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- F8B-443
- Type
- BalloonFAA type of aircraft code 2 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1993
- Transponder code
- A27794 (octal 50473624)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 21, 2020
- Expires
- September 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 17, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · BalloonFAA certificate purpose code B (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 22, 1993
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00444402
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mullin James G
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 3872 G 7/10 Rd
Palisade, CO 81526-8733
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N2580F links to the rest of the register
- Balloon Works FIREFLY 8 183 registered
- Balloon Works 565 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Palisade, CO 18 aircraft registered in this town
- Colorado 7,484 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Balloon Works FIREFLY 8 3 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Balloon Works FIREFLY 8 1 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Balloon Works FIREFLY 8 19 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N2580F, 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 Mullin James G, an individual, certificate issued September 21, 2020, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 22, 1993, consistent with the 1993 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8B-443 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2580F according to the deregistered file. [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 N2580F: Accident on April 15, 1985 at Casville Juct, NC: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Champion 7GCAA · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data