{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1994-05-02","airworthiness_ops":"Balloon","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-08-19","city":"PRAIRIE GROVE","country_code":"US","county_code":"143","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":"2033-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-08-19","maker":"Balloon Works","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BALLOON WORKS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1050109","mode_s_code":"50661306","mode_s_hex":"A362C6","model":"FIREFLY 8","n_number":"N317W","name":"SILVER LINING BALLOONING LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Northwood","damage":"","date":"2016-08-06","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"ERA16LA284","probable_cause":"The balloon pilot\u2019s inadequate weather planning and improper decision to depart in reported increasing variable winds with nearby thunderstorms, which resulted in a subsequent hard landing and a serious passenger injury.","registration":"N317W","state":"NH","summary":"Accident on August 6, 2016 at Northwood, NH: serious injuries.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N317W is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Silver Lining Ballooning LLC, an LLC in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 19, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 2, 1994.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Silver Lining Ballooning LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 19, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for balloon; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F8-403 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N317W was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bowlus S-1000 (serial S-26, cancelled May 15, 1939). 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 N317W: Accident on August 6, 2016 at Northwood, NH: serious injuries. 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":"F8-403","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"13784 HOGEYE RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00404702","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N317W","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"727538477"}