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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 8B-15
N3007R is a Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2012. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Gilbert, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 29, 2013 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated December 3, 2012.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc
- 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 Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc 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-2116
- 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
- 4
- Year built
- 2012
- Transponder code
- A322AF (octal 50621257)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 29, 2013
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 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 · December 3, 2012
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01104594
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Roesch Jonathan D
- 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
- 3571 e Harvard Ct
Gilbert, AZ 85234-2229
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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 3
Connections how N3007R links to the rest of the register
- Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 8 22 registered
- Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc 40 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Gilbert, AZ 223 aircraft registered in this town
- Arizona 8,436 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N3007R, 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 Roesch Jonathan D, an individual, certificate issued January 29, 2013, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated December 3, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8B-2116 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3007R was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Cessna U206F (serial U20603225, cancelled April 7, 2006); Fairchild SA227-DC (C26B) (serial DC806M, cancelled August 27, 1992); Cessna 320A (serial 320A0007, cancelled November 16, 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 N3007R: Accident on October 24, 2003 at Edgefield, SC: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna U206F · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to follow the checklist to ensure the fuel filler cap was secured resulting in fuel starvation and subsequent loss of engine power.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 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 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data