Type Record · As of May 3, 2026
BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 9B-15
Balloon · NONE NONE
Registered
8
Year Range
1994–2000
NTSB Events
2
Airworthiness Directives
0
01 / Distribution
Where the fleet lives and was built
Counts of currently-registered BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 9B-15 aircraft by US state and decade of manufacture, sourced from the FAA Aircraft Registry.
By State (top 10)
- MI 62.5% 5
- AZ 25.0% 2
- ID 12.5% 1
By Decade of Manufacture
- 1990s 75.0% 6
- 2000s 12.5% 1
- Unknown 12.5% 1
02 / NTSB Records
Events involving BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 9B-15 aircraft
2 event(s) on file. Showing the most recent 2.
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Aug 6, 1991
N3185THYGIENE, Colorado Fatal
NTSB Docket → -
Sep 9, 1966
N3175SDUPUYER, Montana
NTSB Docket →
03 / Airworthiness Directives
FAA directives applicable to BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 9B-15
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 9B-15
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 9B-15
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 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N2556E | AZ | 1994 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N25987 | MI | 1994 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N3173K | MI | 1996 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N3175S | AZ | 1996 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N3185T | MI | 1997 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N3218B | MI | 1996 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N7061N | ID | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N7090U | MI | 2000 | · | 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
Available
We render counts and lists as the agency publishes them. Read the methodology →