Balloon

N3288Y

Balloon Works Firefly 7-15

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
F71054
Class
Balloon
Engines
—
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Wicker Basket Balloon Center (Corporation)
Based
Wixom, MI
Registration record

N3288Y on the FAA register

Type
Balloon Works Firefly 7-15
Serial
F71054
Engines
—
Registered owner
Wicker Basket Balloon Center
Wixom, MI
Certificate issued
2011-02-10
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
2030-02-28
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
A38F8F
Mode S (octal)
50707617
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2011-02-10
    Certificate of registration issued as N3288Y to the current registrant.
  • 1974-04-23
    N3288Y previously assigned to a Cessna 182 Skylane / 182E Skylane (s/n 18254288); cancelled.
Overview

About N3288Y

N3288Y is a Balloon Works Firefly 7-15, serial number F71054. The FAA register lists Wicker Basket Balloon Center as the registrant in Wixom, Michigan. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 10, 2011 and expires on February 28, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N3288Y. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1972-12-26 Accident · Mccomb,Miss, 24 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 4056
Reported aircraft: Cessna 182E — a different aircraft that carried the N3288Y 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.