Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 12B
N3016R is a Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc FIREFLY 12B, a balloon with no engine, built in 2012. 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 July 13, 2012 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 9, 2012.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc
- Model
- FIREFLY 12B
- Serial number
- F12B-010
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2012
- Transponder code
- A32643 (octal 50623103)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 13, 2012
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · June 9, 2012
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 01090950
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rocky Mountain Balloon Adventures
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 4095
Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
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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
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The public federal record on N3016R, 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 Rocky Mountain Balloon Adventures, a corporation, certificate issued July 13, 2012, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 9, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F12B-010 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3016R was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R44 II (serial 11650, cancelled March 26, 2007). 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 N3016R: Accident on April 20, 2021 at Pagosa Springs, CO: serious injuries. 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: Firefly Balloons 2010 INC FIREFLY 12B-010 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to properly control the balloon during a steep approach that resulted in a hard landing and a serious passenger injury.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN21LA210 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