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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Balloon Works FIREFLY C7
N90856 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY C7, a balloon with no engine, built in 1990. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Moscow, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 17, 2022 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated November 16, 1990.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY C7
- Serial number
- F7-CAN
- 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
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1990
- Transponder code
- AC900A (octal 53110012)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 17, 2022
- Expires
- February 28, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 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 · November 16, 1990
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00425501
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Chase Brian R
- 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
- 144 van Brunt St
Moscow, PA 18444-9301
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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 N90856 links to the rest of the register
- Balloon Works 565 aircraft on the register
- Moscow, PA 7 aircraft registered in this town
- Pennsylvania 6,195 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N90856, 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 Chase Brian R, an individual, certificate issued February 17, 2022, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated November 16, 1990, consistent with the 1990 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F7-CAN for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N90856 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-25-235 (serial 258156003, cancelled date not given). 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 N90856: Accident on May 5, 1984 at Jesup, GA: minor injuries, destroyed. Accident on April 15, 1982 at Baxley, GA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-25-235 · operated under 137
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-25-235D · operated under 137
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data