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N3081K

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid New York

N3081K is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Binghamton, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 18, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 22, 1996.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-498
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A33F8F (octal 50637617)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 18, 2019
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 22, 1996
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00315761

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Berka Joel M
Type
Individual
Address
140 Krager Rd
Binghamton, NY 13904-1155

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

1948-02-11Culver V · exported to South Africa · Valid registration

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