{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2005-05-25","airworthiness_ops":"Balloon","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-04-27","city":"EL PASO","country_code":"US","county_code":"141","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":"2033-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-04-27","maker":"Firefly Balloons Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"FIREFLY BALLOONS INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1050116","mode_s_code":"50362040","mode_s_hex":"A1E420","model":"FIREFLY 8B-15","n_number":"N2205Z","name":"PRESTIGE PILOT SERVICES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"FLORENCE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-01-01","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"MIA97LA055","probable_cause":"The pilot-in-command's improper management of fuel resulting in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.","registration":"N2205Z","state":"SC","summary":"Accident on January 1, 1997 at Florence, SC: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"N. MYRTLE BEACH","damage":"SUBS","date":"1993-12-27","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ATL94LA033","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S IMPROPER INFLIGHT DECISION IN THAT HE FAILED TO REFUEL THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO EXHAUSTING THE FUEL SUPPLY. A FACTOR WAS THE SOFT TERRAIN AT THE FORCED LANDING SITE.","registration":"N2205Z","state":"SC","summary":"Accident on December 27, 1993 at N. Myrtle Beach, SC: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2205Z is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2005. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Prestige Pilot Services LLC, an LLC in El Paso, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 27, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 25, 2005.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Prestige Pilot Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 27, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 25, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8B-2068 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N2205Z was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-181 (serial 287990401, cancelled October 28, 1997). 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":"2 NTSB records under N2205Z: Accident on January 1, 1997 at Florence, SC: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 27, 1993 at N. Myrtle Beach, SC: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":1,"serial_number":"F8B-2068","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"6321 FRANKLIN RED DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00148969","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2205Z","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2005,"zip":"799128145"}