Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15
N701JL is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2005. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Jesus Is Lord Balloon Ministries, a corporation in Leesville, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 18, 2013 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated December 22, 2005.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Firefly Balloons Inc
- Model
- FIREFLY 8B-15 · all FIREFLY 8B-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F8B-2085
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2005
- Transponder code
- A95918 (octal 52254430)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 18, 2013
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · December 22, 2005
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00220519
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Jesus Is Lord Balloon Ministries
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 2325 Lewie Rd
Leesville, SC 29070
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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 N701JL, 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 Jesus Is Lord Balloon Ministries, a corporation, certificate issued November 18, 2013, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated December 22, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8B-2085 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N701JL was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Lesemann Jack J PULSAR XP (serial 701, cancelled October 28, 1998). 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 N701JL: Accident on August 13, 1998 at Fort Pierce, FL: minor 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Lesemann PULSAR XP · operated under 091
The pilot's improper fuel management during a cross country flight which resulted in a total loss of engine power during the approach for landing and subsequent in-flight collision with wires and terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA98LA224 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