Balloon Works FIREFLY 6B-15
N25884 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 6B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1994. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Marcellus, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 20, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 19, 1994.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 6B-15 · all FIREFLY 6B-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F6B-106
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1994
- Transponder code
- A278C3 (octal 50474303)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 20, 2019
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · April 19, 1994
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00784792
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Parker Brian D
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 4216 Browsing Ln
Marcellus, NY 13108-9604
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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 · 3 clear
The public federal record on N25884, 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 Parker Brian D, an individual, certificate issued December 20, 2019, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 19, 1994, consistent with the 1994 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F6B-106 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N25884 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 152 (serial 15280834, cancelled July 29, 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]
2 NTSB records under N25884: Accident on April 10, 1989 at Irwindale, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 10, 1987 at El Monte, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · operated under 091
IMPROPER PROCEDURE USED BY THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN SIMULATING AN ENGINE FAILURE. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE LACK OF TOTAL FLIGHT INSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE OF THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX89LA155 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 LAX87LA114 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