Balloon

N15245

2002 Firefly Balloons Firefly 8B-15

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2002
Serial
F8B-2013
Class
Balloon
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Rocky Mountain Balloon Adventures LLC (LLC)
Based
Pagosa Springs, CO
Registration record

N15245 on the FAA register

Type
2002 Firefly Balloons Firefly 8B-15
Serial
F8B-2013
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Rocky Mountain Balloon Adventures LLC
Pagosa Springs, CO
Certificate issued
2012-03-07
Airworthiness date
2002-07-29
Registration expires
2028-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A0D49F
Mode S (octal)
50152237
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2012-03-07
    Certificate of registration issued as N15245 to the current registrant.
  • 2002-07-29
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 1975-09-18
    N15245 previously assigned to a Piper Cherokee 140 / PA-28 Cherokee / Cherokee 160 (s/n 28-7325024); cancelled.
  • 1939-04-08
    N15245 previously assigned to a Waco Ykc-S (s/n 4265); cancelled.
Overview

About N15245

N15245 is a 2002 Firefly Balloons Firefly 8B-15, serial number F8B-2013. The FAA register lists Rocky Mountain Balloon Adventures LLC as the registrant in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 7, 2012 and expires on March 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated July 29, 2002.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N15245. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1975-06-27 Accident · Camp Wood,Tx, 43 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 1933
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28 — a different aircraft that carried the N15245 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: DEP,NO UPDATE.RECOVERY DATE 7/2/75.
1974-11-10 Accident · Uvalde,Tex, 43 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3334
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28 — a different aircraft that carried the N15245 registration before this airframe.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.