Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15
N3210R is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1996. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Worthington, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 28, 2015 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated July 10, 1996.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 8B-15 · all FIREFLY 8B-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F8B-501
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1996
- Transponder code
- A3746F (octal 50672157)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 28, 2015
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · July 10, 1996
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00235791
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sena Paul A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 272
Worthington, MA 01098-0272
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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 N3210R, 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 Sena Paul A, an individual, certificate issued May 28, 2015, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated July 10, 1996, consistent with the 1996 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8B-501 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3210R was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Nanchang China YAK-18A (serial 2232036, cancelled September 8, 1992). 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 N3210R: Accident on May 9, 1992 at Richmond, TX: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). 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: Nanchang YAK-18A · operated under 091
INADVERTENT STALL. FACTORS WERE THE PILOT'S OSTENTATIOUS DISPLAY AND THE LOW ALTITUDE.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW92FA127 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