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N3171L

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Kansas

N3171L is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1996. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Topeka, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 30, 2015 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated February 15, 1996.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-493
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
1996
Transponder code
A36358 (octal 50661530)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 30, 2015
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · February 15, 1996
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00315691

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Goodnow Tony A
Type
Individual
Address
8325 NE Indian Creek Rd
Topeka, KS 66617-2218

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

1992-10-26Cessna 310J · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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