Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15
N32143 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Candler, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 2, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 26, 1997.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 8B-15
- Serial number
- F8B-542
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A37507 (octal 50672407)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 2, 2026
- Expires
- October 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- October 2, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · June 26, 1997
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00556661
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Eagle James A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 39 Rabbit Hollow Dr
Candler, NC 28715-8702
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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 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N32143, 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 Eagle James A, an individual, certificate issued October 2, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8B-542 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N32143 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-140 (serial 287525028, cancelled May 20, 1993); Waco UPF-7 (serial 5775, cancelled August 22, 1951). 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 N32143: Accident on May 26, 1986 at Bolivar, MO: no injuries, destroyed. 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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-140 · operated under 091
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- 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