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N9067F

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNew York

N9067F is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, a balloon with no engine, built in 1989. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Endicott, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 28, 2023 and expires on September 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 19, 1989.

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Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7 · all FIREFLY 7s and related versions
Built of
fabric and wicker
A 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
F7-485
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
1989
Cruising speed
63 mph
Transponder code
AC88C9 (octal 53104311)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 28, 2023
Expires
September 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 10, 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 · April 19, 1989
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00724541

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Cortright Justin L
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
2308 Richmond Rd
Endicott, NY 13760-6131

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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 3

1988-04-05Dehavilland DHC-2 · N-number assigned but not yet registered
1982-04-14Robinson Helicopter R22 · exported to Germany · Valid registration
1972-08-14Hughes 369HS · Valid registration

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The public federal record on N9067F, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Cortright Justin L, an individual, certificate issued September 28, 2023, expires September 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 19, 1989, consistent with the 1989 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F7-485 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N9067F was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Dehavilland DHC-2 (serial 1444, cancelled April 5, 1988); Robinson Helicopter R22 (serial 0162, cancelled April 14, 1982); Hughes 369HS (serial 700240S, cancelled August 14, 1972). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N9067F: Accident on August 29, 1998 at Freehold, NJ: serious injuries. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 1

IAD98LA105Accident on August 29, 1998 at Freehold, NJ: serious injuries.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 · operated under 091

The passenger's failure to secure himself during landing.

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data