Balloon

N21830

2005 Firefly Balloons Firefly 7-15

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2005
Serial
F7-2049
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Colonial Heights, VA
Registration record

N21830 on the FAA register

Type
2005 Firefly Balloons Firefly 7-15
Serial
F7-2049
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Colonial Heights, VA
Certificate issued
2024-04-19
Airworthiness date
2005-03-22
Registration expires
2031-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A1DA14
Mode S (octal)
50355024
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-04-19
    Certificate of registration issued as N21830 to the current registrant.
  • 2005-03-22
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
Overview

About N21830

N21830 is a 2005 Firefly Balloons Firefly 7-15, serial number F7-2049. It is registered to an individual in Colonial Heights, Virginia. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 19, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated March 22, 2005.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N21830. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1983-06-10 Accident · Ashburn, GA Damage: Destroyed Minor injury NTSB · ATL83FKG08
Reported aircraft: Cessna A188B — a different aircraft that carried the N21830 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.