N72279 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15 built in 2000. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 7, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15 cancelled June 7, 2017
- Serial number
- F8B-606
- Type
- Balloon · None
- Year built
- 2000
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- July 24, 2000
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2009
- Last owner
- Gardner Thomas E (Co-owned)
Albuquerque, NM - Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon
Cessna U206D cancelled March 26, 1990
- Serial number
- U2061349
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- N-number assigned but not yet registered
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N72279
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 206D · serial U206-1349
THE PILOT'S DECISION TO ATTEMPT TO TAKEOFF FROM A FIELD THAT WAS NOT SUITABLE FOR SUCH PURPOSE.
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