Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15
N3219Q is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Auburn, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 7, 2013 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 1, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 7-15 · all FIREFLY 7-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F7-1049
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1998
- Transponder code
- A375A9 (octal 50672651)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 7, 2013
- Expires
- February 28, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · September 1, 1998
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00453656
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Crites Walter W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 108 Loring Ave
Auburn, ME 04210-6656
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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 N3219Q, 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 Crites Walter W, an individual, certificate issued February 7, 2013, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated September 1, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F7-1049 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3219Q was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 401 (serial 4010019, cancelled August 5, 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 N3219Q: Accident on November 6, 1986 at Henderson, NV: 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: Cessna 401 · operated under 135
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA87MA018 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