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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Firefly 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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc
- Model
- FIREFLY 12B
- Serial number
- F12B-010
- 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
- 2012
- Transponder code
- A32643 (octal 50623103)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 13, 2012
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 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 9, 2012
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01090950
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rocky Mountain Balloon Adventures
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- 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
Connections how N3016R links to the rest of the register
- Firefly Balloons 2010 Inc 40 aircraft on the register
- Rocky Mountain Balloon Adventures 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Pagosa Springs, CO 72 aircraft registered in this town
- Stevens Field · PSO
- Colorado 7,484 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N3016R.json.
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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]
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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.
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