Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15
N3287J is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Tallahassee, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 20, 1998 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 19, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 7-15 · all FIREFLY 7-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F7-1040
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1998
- Transponder code
- A38F5E (octal 50707536)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 20, 1998
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · May 19, 1998
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00077161
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Armstrong James W
- Type
- Co-owned
- Address
- 4426 Rabbit Pond Rd
Tallahassee, FL 32309-6470 - Co-owners
- Houmere Pamela D
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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
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The public federal record on N3287J, 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 Armstrong James W, a co-owned, certificate issued November 20, 1998, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 19, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F7-1040 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3287J was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150G (serial 15065987, 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]
1 NTSB record under N3287J: Accident on September 5, 1986 at Smithville, TN: no injuries, substantial damage. 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: Cessna 150G · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL86LA245 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