Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15
N3239J is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1997. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Howell, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 5, 2005 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 10, 1997.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 7-15 · all FIREFLY 7-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F7-1009
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1997
- Transponder code
- A37D11 (octal 50676421)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 5, 2005
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · April 10, 1997
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00436341
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mcguire Dennis B
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 234 N Hughes Rd
Howell, MI 48843-9173
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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 N3239J, 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 Mcguire Dennis B, an individual, certificate issued October 5, 2005, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 10, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F7-1009 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3239J was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna T188C (serial T18803620T, cancelled May 19, 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]
2 NTSB records under N3239J: Accident on July 2, 1987 at Rayville, LA: no injuries, destroyed. Accident on February 19, 1983 at Puckett, MS: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna T188C · operated under 137
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW87DRD09 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna T188C · operated under 137
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL83LA112 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