Balloon

N1606F

2011 Firefly Balloons 2010 Firefly 5

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2011
Serial
F5-2010
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Old World Ballonery LLC (LLC)
Based
Overland Park, KS
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Registration record

N1606F on the FAA register

Type
2011 Firefly Balloons 2010 Firefly 5
Serial
F5-2010
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Old World Ballonery LLC
Overland Park, KS
Certificate issued
2025-03-18
Airworthiness date
2011-06-21
Registration expires
2032-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A0F4DE
Mode S (octal)
50172336
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-03-18
    Certificate of registration issued as N1606F to the current registrant.
  • 2011-06-21
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 2004-04-28
    N1606F previously assigned to a Cessna 172H Skyhawk / 172 Skyhawk / 172/180 Conversion (s/n 17255001); cancelled.
Overview

About N1606F

N1606F is a 2011 Firefly Balloons 2010 Firefly 5, serial number F5-2010. The FAA register lists Old World Ballonery LLC as the registrant in Overland Park, Kansas. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 18, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated June 21, 2011.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N1606F. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2003-07-18 Accident · Isle, MN Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · CHI03LA216
Reported aircraft: Cessna 172H — a different aircraft that carried the N1606F registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall. The trees, high density altitude, and the soft field were additional factors.
1968-08-31 Accident · Mcintosh,Fla, 09 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3431
Reported aircraft: Cessna 172 — a different aircraft that carried the N1606F 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.