Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15
N32858 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1997. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in El Prado, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 8, 2022 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 23, 1997.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 8B-15 · all FIREFLY 8B-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F8B0532
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1997
- Transponder code
- A38F30 (octal 50707460)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 8, 2022
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · April 23, 1997
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00746461
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Carlini Ricardo R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 461
El Prado, NM 87529-0461
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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 N32858, 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 Carlini Ricardo R, an individual, certificate issued November 8, 2022, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 23, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8B0532 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N32858 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-140 (serial 287525122, cancelled date not given). 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 N32858: Accident on July 7, 1986 at Culver, IN: minor injuries, destroyed. Accident on July 23, 1985 at Culver, IN: 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: Piper PA-28-140 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI86LA165 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-140 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI85LA311 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