Balloon

N1524R

2002 Firefly Balloons Firefly 8B-15

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2002
Serial
F8B-2030
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
City of Riverton (Government)
Based
Riverton, WY
Registration record

N1524R on the FAA register

Type
2002 Firefly Balloons Firefly 8B-15
Serial
F8B-2030
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
City of Riverton
Riverton, WY
Certificate issued
2012-02-01
Airworthiness date
2003-01-31
Registration expires
2028-02-29
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A0D491
Mode S (octal)
50152221
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-02-29
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2012-02-01
    Certificate of registration issued as N1524R to the current registrant.
  • 2003-01-31
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 2002
    Manufactured (2002).
  • 1998-04-01
    N1524R previously assigned to a Air Tractor AT-402 (s/n 4020845); cancelled.
  • 1989-03-21
    N1524R previously assigned to a Grumman/American General AA5B Tiger / Tiger AA-5B (s/n AA5B0024); cancelled.
Overview

About N1524R

N1524R is a 2002 Firefly Balloons Firefly 8B-15, serial number F8B-2030. The FAA register lists City of Riverton as the registrant in Riverton, Wyoming. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 1, 2012 and expires on February 29, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated January 31, 2003.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N1524R. 3 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1997-03-17 Accident · Pine Bluff, AR Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · FTW97LA127
Reported aircraft: Air Tractor AT-402 — a different aircraft that carried the N1524R registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: failure of the pilot to see-and-avoid the tower. The proximity of the tower was a related factor.
1987-06-16 Accident · Croton Fall, NY Damage: Substantial NTSB · NYC87LA175
Reported aircraft: Grumman American AA-5B — a different aircraft that carried the N1524R registration before this airframe.
1980-07-16 Accident · Columbus,Oh, 35 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1151
Reported aircraft: Grum Amer AA-5B — a different aircraft that carried the N1524R registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: ST PRIOR TO LNDG.

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.