{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2006-05-18","airworthiness_ops":"Balloon","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2014-07-11","city":"AUBURN","country_code":"US","county_code":"011","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"00000","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"NONE","engine_model":"NONE","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-04","maker":"Firefly Balloons Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"FIREFLY BALLOONS INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1050116","mode_s_code":"50340152","mode_s_hex":"A1C06A","model":"FIREFLY 8B-15","n_number":"N2116G","name":"LONGEILL DAVID J","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Homerville","damage":"SUBS","date":"2001-08-26","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ATL01LA095","probable_cause":"The improper replacement of an accessory drive component with an unapproved part by maintenance personnel, which resulted in a fatigue fracture of the component and loss of engine power. The airplane subsequently collided with power lines and trees during an emergency landing.","registration":"N2116G","state":"GA","summary":"Accident on August 26, 2001 at Homerville, GA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2116G is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2006. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Auburn, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 11, 2014 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 18, 2006.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Longeill David J, an individual, certificate issued July 11, 2014, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 18, 2006, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8B-2089 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N2116G was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-32-300 (serial 32-7940015, cancelled March 12, 2003); Cessna 182A (serial 51416, cancelled March 14, 1972). 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 N2116G: Accident on August 26, 2001 at Homerville, GA: no 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"F8B-2089","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NY","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"22 SHEARIN ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00253409","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2116G","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2006,"zip":"130215510"}