Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15
N7067F is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 2, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated November 5, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 8B-15 · all FIREFLY 8B-15s and related versions
- Serial number
- F8B-566
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1998
- Transponder code
- A96E2B (octal 52267053)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 2, 2021
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- July 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · November 5, 1998
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00623826
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Smith Brian A
- Type
- Co-owned
- Address
- 8217 Fruit Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87108-2327 - Co-owners
- Smith Jewelie M
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N7067F, 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 Smith Brian A, a co-owned, certificate issued December 2, 2021, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated November 5, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8B-566 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N7067F was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Boisvert Louis R QUICKSLVR MX II (serial 418, cancelled March 6, 1995); Cessna 150F (serial 15063667, cancelled April 29, 1991). 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 N7067F: Accident on September 4, 2022 at Las Cruces, NM: serious injuries. Accident on May 28, 1988 at Mc Kenzie, AL: no injuries, destroyed. 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: Firefly Balloons Firefly 8B-15 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper descent rate during the balloon’s approach to landing, which resulted in a hard landing and serious passenger injury.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR22LA368 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150F · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL88LA187 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