Balloon

N16455

Firefly Balloons 2010 Firefly 8

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
F8-2029
Class
Balloon
Engines
—
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Arrington Vineyards LLC (LLC)
Based
Arrington, TN
Registration record

N16455 on the FAA register

Type
Firefly Balloons 2010 Firefly 8
Serial
F8-2029
Engines
—
Registered owner
Arrington Vineyards LLC
Arrington, TN
Certificate issued
2021-01-25
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
2028-01-31
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
A103AF
Mode S (octal)
50201657
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2021-01-25
    Certificate of registration issued as N16455 to the current registrant.
  • 1975-11-17
    N16455 previously assigned to a Piper Cherokee 140 / PA-28 Cherokee / Cherokee 160 (s/n 28-7325278); cancelled.
  • 1941-03-01
    N16455 previously assigned to a Cessna C-34 (s/n 332); cancelled.
Overview

About N16455

N16455 is a Firefly Balloons 2010 Firefly 8, serial number F8-2029. The FAA register lists Arrington Vineyards LLC as the registrant in Arrington, Tennessee. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 25, 2021 and expires on January 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 4 seats.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N16455. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1975-03-13 Accident · Wisconsin Rpds,Wi, 49 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0473
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28 — a different aircraft that carried the N16455 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.