{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2006-07-21","city":"FLORENCE","country_code":"US","county_code":"015","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2028-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-14","maker":"Firefly Balloons Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"FIREFLY BALLOONS INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1050151","mode_s_code":"50150415","mode_s_hex":"A0D10D","model":"FIREFLY 7-15","n_number":"N15157","name":"LAFOUNTAIN DONALD A","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"MINERSVILLE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1995-07-11","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"NYC95LA152","probable_cause":"the student pilot's improper go-around procedure, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush into trees.","registration":"N15157","state":"PA","summary":"Accident on July 11, 1995 at Minersville, PA: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N15157 is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 7-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Florence, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 21, 2006 and expires on January 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Lafountain Donald A, an individual, certificate issued July 21, 2006, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F7-2005 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N15157 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-140 (serial 287225600, cancelled September 8, 1998); Stinson A (serial 9117, cancelled October 2, 1941). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N15157: Accident on July 11, 1995 at Minersville, PA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"New England","region_code":"E","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"F7-2005","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"82 BLISS ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00353844","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N15157","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"010622606"}