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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15
N7185S is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2000. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Olathe, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 19, 2000 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 28, 2000.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 7-15 · all FIREFLY 7-15s 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 7 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
- F7-1082
- 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
- 1
- Year built
- 2000
- Transponder code
- A99CDD (octal 52316335)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 19, 2000
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 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 · March 28, 2000
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00593593
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Smiley Bill
- Type
- Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 11915 W 143Rd Ter
Olathe, KS 66062-9413 - Co-owners
- Smiley Suzan
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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
Connections how N7185S links to the rest of the register
- Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 345 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
- Olathe, KS 134 aircraft registered in this town
- Johnson County Executive · OJC
- New Century Aircenter Airport · IXD
- Cedar Air Park Airport · 51K
- Kansas 5,732 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 1 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N7185S, 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 Smiley Bill, a co-owned, certificate issued April 19, 2000, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated March 28, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F7-1082 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N7185S was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150H (serial 15067885, cancelled February 23, 1996). 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 N7185S: Accident on January 4, 1995 at Fayetteville, TN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150H · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF CARBURETOR HEAT.
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data