Balloon

N3003G

2018 Firefly Balloons 2010 Firefly 9B-15

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2018
Serial
F9B-2025
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
605 Balloon Ride LLC (LLC)
Based
Sioux Falls, SD
Registration record

N3003G on the FAA register

Type
2018 Firefly Balloons 2010 Firefly 9B-15
Serial
F9B-2025
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
605 Balloon Ride LLC
Sioux Falls, SD
Certificate issued
2024-10-30
Airworthiness date
2018-10-18
Registration expires
2031-10-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A3221A
Mode S (octal)
50621032
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-10-30
    Certificate of registration issued as N3003G to the current registrant.
  • 2018-10-18
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 2008-09-23
    N3003G previously assigned to a Ercoupe/Forney F1 (s/n 5695); cancelled.
Overview

About N3003G

N3003G is a 2018 Firefly Balloons 2010 Firefly 9B-15, serial number F9B-2025. The FAA register lists 605 Balloon Ride LLC as the registrant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 30, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated October 18, 2018.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N3003G. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1974-04-28 Accident · Shippensburg,Pa, 38 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1111
Reported aircraft: Forney F-1 — a different aircraft that carried the N3003G 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.