Balloon Works FIREFLY 8
N9091R is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8, a balloon with no engine, built in 1990. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Galesburg, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 20, 2017 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated January 16, 1990.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Balloon Works
- Model
- FIREFLY 8 · all FIREFLY 8s and related versions
- Serial number
- F8-353
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1990
- Transponder code
- AC9326 (octal 53111446)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 20, 2017
- Expires
- April 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · January 16, 1990
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00924831
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dunn Jason A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1017 Sunny Knoll Dr
Galesburg, IL 61401-8470
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N9091R, 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 Dunn Jason A, an individual, certificate issued April 20, 2017, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated January 16, 1990, consistent with the 1990 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8-353 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N9091R was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Prentice COUGAR (serial 1, 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]
1 NTSB record under N9091R: Accident on August 6, 2000 at Tulsa, OK: serious injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Balloon Works FIREFLY 8 · operated under 091
The passenger's failure to comply with the briefing administered by the pilot. Factors were the passenger's physical impairment due to an injury sustained during the initial ground impact and the high wind condition.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW00LA224 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data