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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Balloon Works FIREFLY 6B
N3738H is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 6B, a balloon with no engine, built in 1983. It is registered to an individual in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 7, 1984 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated October 14, 1983.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 6B · all FIREFLY 6Bs and related versions
- Built of
- fabric and wickerA hot-air balloon: a coated nylon envelope, stainless-steel cables, and a wicker or aluminium basket under a propane burner. This is how the Balloon Works FIREFLY 6 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- F6B-001
- Type
- BalloonFAA type of aircraft code 2 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · None NONE
- Seats
- 0
- Year built
- 1983
- Cruising speed
- 67 mph
- Transponder code
- A44268 (octal 51041150)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 7, 1984
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · BalloonFAA certificate purpose code B (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 14, 1983
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00070014
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mccoy Timothy I
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 239 Shaler St
Pittsburgh, PA 15211
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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
Connections how N3738H links to the rest of the register
- Balloon Works FIREFLY 6 18 registered
- Balloon Works 565 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pittsburgh, PA 145 aircraft registered in this town
- Allegheny County · AGC
- Pittsburgh International · PIT
- Pennsylvania 6,195 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Balloon Works FIREFLY 6 4 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Balloon Works FIREFLY 6 21 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N3738H, 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 Mccoy Timothy I, an individual, certificate issued December 7, 1984, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated October 14, 1983, consistent with the 1983 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F6B-001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3738H was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Mooney M20J (serial 24-0915, cancelled March 3, 1980); Ercoupe 415-C (serial 4363, cancelled October 14, 1947). 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 N3738H: Accident on February 10, 1984 at Butler, PA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Balloon Works FIRE FLY 6B · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data