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N2187W

2004 Firefly Balloons Firefly 7-15

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2004
Serial
F7-2048
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Whitford L Chandler + 1 co-owner (Partnership)
Based
Wellsville, NY
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Registration record

N2187W on the FAA register

Type
2004 Firefly Balloons Firefly 7-15
Serial
F7-2048
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Whitford L Chandler + 1 co-owner
Wellsville, NY
Certificate issued
2005-07-27
Airworthiness date
2005-05-04
Registration expires
2027-12-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A1DA9C
Mode S (octal)
50355234
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2005-07-27
    Certificate of registration issued as N2187W to the current registrant.
  • 2005-05-04
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 2004
    Manufactured (2004).
  • 1981-02-19
    N2187W previously assigned to a Beechcraft B19 (s/n MB-698); cancelled.
Overview

About N2187W

N2187W is a 2004 Firefly Balloons Firefly 7-15, serial number F7-2048. The FAA register lists Whitford L Chandler + 1 co-owner as the registrant in Wellsville, New York. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 27, 2005 and expires on December 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated May 4, 2005.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N2187W. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1977-04-26 Accident · Placerville,Ca, 05 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 0632
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft B19 — a different aircraft that carried the N2187W 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.