Balloon

N21850

2005 Firefly Balloons Firefly 8B

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2005
Serial
F8B-2070
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Queen City, MO
Registration record

N21850 on the FAA register

Type
2005 Firefly Balloons Firefly 8B
Serial
F8B-2070
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Queen City, MO
Certificate issued
2026-07-23
Airworthiness date
2005-04-01
Registration expires
2033-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A1DA5A
Mode S (octal)
50355132
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-07-23
    Certificate of registration issued as N21850 to the current registrant.
  • 2005-04-01
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 1976-05-17
    N21850 previously assigned to a Cessna 172M Skyhawk / 172 Skyhawk / 172K Skyhawk (s/n 172-64035); cancelled.
Overview

About N21850

N21850 is a 2005 Firefly Balloons Firefly 8B, serial number F8B-2070. It is registered to an individual in Queen City, Missouri. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 23, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033.

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

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N21850. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1975-11-04 Accident · Wadesboro,Nc, 33 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 3528
Reported aircraft: Cessna 172 — a different aircraft that carried the N21850 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.