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N3013Q

Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 12B

Valid Colorado

N3013Q is a Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 12B, a balloon with no engine, built in 2022. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Rocky Mountain Balloon Adventures, a corporation in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 28, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 25, 2022.

Aircraft

Maker
Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc
Model
FIREFLY 12B
Serial number
F12B-014
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2022
Transponder code
A325D9 (octal 50622731)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 28, 2022
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 25, 2022
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
01346581

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rocky Mountain Balloon Adventures
Type
Corporation
Address
37 Palm Ct
Pagosa Springs, CO 81147-9235

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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

—Cessna 182K · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N3013Q, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Rocky Mountain Balloon Adventures, a corporation, certificate issued December 28, 2022, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 25, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F12B-014 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N3013Q was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 182K (serial 18258013, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N3013Q: Accident on September 22, 1985 at Monroe, MI: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

CHI85FEC01Accident on September 22, 1985 at Monroe, MI: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 18258013

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182K · operated under 091

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI85FEC01 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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