Balloon

N15281

Firefly Balloons Firefly 8B

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
F8B-2012
Class
Balloon
Engines
—
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Hot Air Enterprises Lc (LLC)
Based
Payson, UT
Registration record

N15281 on the FAA register

Type
Firefly Balloons Firefly 8B
Serial
F8B-2012
Engines
—
Registered owner
Hot Air Enterprises Lc
Payson, UT
Certificate issued
2025-12-10
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
2032-12-31
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
A0D527
Mode S (octal)
50152447
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-12-10
    Certificate of registration issued as N15281 to the current registrant.
  • 1995-03-14
    N15281 previously assigned to a Balloon Works Firefly 7 (s/n 10196); cancelled.
  • 1940-12-15
    N15281 previously assigned to a Aeronca C-3 (s/n A-612); cancelled.
Overview

About N15281

N15281 is a Firefly Balloons Firefly 8B, serial number F8B-2012. The FAA register lists Hot Air Enterprises Lc as the registrant in Payson, Utah. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 10, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N15281.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N15281.

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.