N7165L is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8. The FAA cancelled the registration on October 20, 2005. The last status on file was "valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate". The number has been on and off the register 3 times.
Balloon Works FIREFLY 8 cancelled October 20, 2005
- Serial number
- F8-437
- Type
- Balloon · None
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- November 22, 2000
- Last owner
- Balloon Works (Corporation)
Statesville, NC - Airworthiness
- None on file
Fricker Roy N KOLB TWINSTAR cancelled August 26, 1995
- Serial number
- TS242
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- August 17, 1990
- Last FAA action
- December 21, 1993
- Last owner
- Fricker Roy N (Individual)
Bristol, VA - Airworthiness
- None on file
Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5 cancelled April 3, 1981
- Serial number
- AA5-0465
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Canada
- Certificate issued
- January 16, 1980
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Feldman Allan G (Co-owned)
New York, NY - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N7165L
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Kolb Company TWINSTAR · serial TS-242
THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO UNDETERMINED REASONS. FACTORS FOUND TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT WERE THE CONDITION INSPECTION WAS OVERDUE AND THE INADEQUATE TRAINING RECEIVED BY THE STUDENT PILOT OWNER/BUILDER.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site