Type Record · As of May 3, 2026
BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 7-B
Balloon · NONE NONE
Registered
26
Year Range
0–1987
NTSB Events
7
Airworthiness Directives
0
01 / Distribution
Where the fleet lives and was built
Counts of currently-registered BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 7-B aircraft by US state and decade of manufacture, sourced from the FAA Aircraft Registry.
By State (top 10)
- NC 11.5% 3
- MI 11.5% 3
- OK 7.7% 2
- AZ 7.7% 2
- OH 7.7% 2
- TX 7.7% 2
- MA 7.7% 2
- OR 3.8% 1
- IA 3.8% 1
- CO 3.8% 1
+7 more states
By Decade of Manufacture
- 1980s 57.7% 15
- Unknown 42.3% 11
02 / NTSB Records
Events involving BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 7-B aircraft
7 event(s) on file. Showing the most recent 7.
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Jan 2, 1983
N1511YINDIANOLA, Iowa Serious
NTSB Docket → -
Apr 3, 1982
N1524UMASTERSON, Texas Serious
NTSB Docket → -
Feb 7, 1970
N1510CHEBER, Utah
NTSB Docket → -
Nov 23, 1968
N7407PQUINCY, California Fatal
NTSB Docket → -
Sep 24, 1967
N3608YPIOCHE, Nevada Minor
NTSB Docket → -
May 8, 1967
N1512MQUINCY, Florida Minor
NTSB Docket → -
May 29, 1966
N71106NORTH SHORE, California Fatal
NTSB Docket →
03 / Airworthiness Directives
FAA directives applicable to BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 7-B
No matching airworthiness directives are on file for this make and model in the Federal Register.
04 / Type Certificate Data Sheets
FAA TCDS for BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 7-B
The TCDS is the legal certification document — weight limits, performance, equipment, AD compliance times, operating limitations. 1 match in the FAA catalog.
- A14SO Historical Rev 34 · 11/15/2000
Conn Sidney
Models: Firefly 9B-15, Firefly Bottle, Firefly 8 Cube, Firefly 6B + 24 more
04 / Regulations watching this type
Advisory Circulars and Federal Register activity for BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 7-B
Advisory Circulars
No ACs explicitly mention this type. Showing universal operating-rule ACs that apply to all aircraft.
Recent Federal Register activity
Latest rulemakings touching general operating rules (Part 91) and maintenance rules (Part 43).
- 2026-04-17 Settlement Policy for Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Cases FR ↗
- 2026-02-10 Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations; Reopening of Comment Period; Denial of Extension FR ↗
- 2026-02-02 25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) Requirement, New Aircraft Production FR ↗
- 2026-01-28 Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations; Reopening of Comment Period FR ↗
- 2026-01-07 Requirements for Interference-Tolerant Radio Altimeter Systems FR ↗
05 / Aircraft of this type
All 26 registered N-numbers
Every tail currently on the FAA registry for this make/model. Click an N-number to query the FAA Aircraft Inquiry; rows flagged ● have NTSB events on file. Tails seeded with full TallyAero pages link directly.
| N-number | St | Year | NTSB | FAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N1502T | OK | 1982 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N1508W | NC | 1982 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N1510C | OR | — | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N1511Y | IA | 1982 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N1512M | AZ | 1982 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N1514C | OH | 1983 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N15193 | CO | 1981 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N1524U | TX | — | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N1524V | NM | 1981 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N1526U | MI | 1981 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N1544U | AK | 1981 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N1544Y | OH | 1981 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N3601M | AZ | 1983 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N3608Y | MO | — | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N3668F | NC | 1983 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N36931 | OK | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N37443 | IN | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N37517 | MI | 1983 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N69WM | NY | 1983 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N7106E | MA | 1987 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N71106 | MA | — | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N7407K | MI | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N7407P | NC | — | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N74114 | TX | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N90643 | ID | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N93PZ | TN | — | · | Look up ↗ |
Source — FAA Aircraft Registry · click "Look up" to query the live registry record (owner, address, last airworthiness)
05 / Sources & Methodology
Every count traces back to a primary US-government source
- FAA Aircraft Registry →
Refreshed Apr 27, 2026
Available
- NTSB CAROL →
Refreshed Apr 27, 2026
Available
- Federal Register (FAA Airworthiness Directives) →
Refreshed Apr 27, 2026
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We render counts and lists as the agency publishes them. Read the methodology →