{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2000-10-19","city":"PROSPER","country_code":"US","county_code":"085","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":"2028-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-03","maker":"Balloon Works","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BALLOON WORKS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1050111","mode_s_code":"52334332","mode_s_hex":"A9B8DA","model":"FIREFLY 8B-15","n_number":"N72524","name":"MARX MICHAEL B","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Celina","damage":"","date":"2001-06-23","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"FTW01LA154","probable_cause":"the unsuitable landing area selected by the pilot-in-command which resulted in a hard landing.  A contributing factor was the uneven/rough terrain.","registration":"N72524","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on June 23, 2001 at Celina, TX: serious injuries.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"MARX REBECCA S","plain_english":"N72524 is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Prosper, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 19, 2000 and expires on August 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 Marx Michael B, a co-owned, certificate issued October 19, 2000, expires August 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 F8B-615 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N72524 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 120 (serial 9694, cancelled October 28, 1952). 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 N72524: Accident on June 23, 2001 at Celina, TX: 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":"Co-owned","registrant_type_code":"4","seats":1,"serial_number":"F8B-615","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2400 CROWN COLONY CIR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00793615","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N72524","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"750788771"}