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N20586

Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8

N20586 is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Kannapolis, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 28, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated October 13, 2005.

Aircraft

Maker
Firefly Balloons Inc
Model
FIREFLY 8
Serial number
F8-2014
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A1A825 (octal 50324045)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 28, 2020
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
September 30, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · October 13, 2005
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00208039

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Richardson Sean M
Type
Individual
Address
6065 Aldwick St
Kannapolis, NC 28081-8735

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

2002-12-02Cessna 172M · Second attempt to mail the triennial form, no response

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data