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N9039A

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B

N9039A is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B, a balloon with no engine, built in 1989. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Zebulon, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 24, 2022 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 4, 1989.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B
Serial number
F8B-171
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1989
Transponder code
AC7DE5 (octal 53076745)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 24, 2022
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 4, 1989
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00944561

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kirk Chad Justin
Type
Individual
Address
522 Somerset Dr
Zebulon, NC 27597-2234

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.

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