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N3176Q

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Nevada

N3176Q is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2000. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Reno, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 3, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for commuter, dated May 7, 2000.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-562
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
2000
Transponder code
A3640B (octal 50662013)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 3, 2024
Expires
May 31, 2031
Last FAA action
May 3, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Commuter · May 7, 2000
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00643686

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Begin Echo R
Type
Individual
Address
8683 Piper Pl
Reno, NV 89506-2136

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 2

1993-04-07Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1 · exported to Germany · Valid registration
1988-05-03Douglas DC3C-S4C4G · N-number assigned but not yet registered

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