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N3198T

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

N3198T is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1997. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Shelby, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 17, 2016 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 8, 1997.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-539
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1997
Transponder code
A36BC2 (octal 50665702)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 17, 2016
Expires
February 28, 2029
Last FAA action
July 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · June 8, 1997
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00916581

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Duren Richard S
Type
Individual
Address
610 Kingsbury St
Shelby, NC 28150-4317

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

—Bell 206L-3 · 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