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N32896

1998 Balloon Works Firefly 8B-15

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1998
Serial
F8B-550
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Altitude Adventures Inc (Corporation)
Based
Albuquerque, NM
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Registration record

N32896 on the FAA register

Type
1998 Balloon Works Firefly 8B-15
Serial
F8B-550
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Altitude Adventures Inc
Albuquerque, NM
Certificate issued
2009-10-01
Airworthiness date
1998-03-09
Registration expires
2028-12-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · showing compliance
Mode S (hex)
A38FBA
Mode S (octal)
50707672
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2009-10-01
    Certificate of registration issued as N32896 to the current registrant.
  • 1998-03-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (showing compliance)).
  • 1971-01-14
    N32896 previously assigned to a Piper J5A (s/n 5-403); cancelled.
Overview

About N32896

N32896 is a 1998 Balloon Works Firefly 8B-15, serial number F8B-550. The FAA register lists Altitude Adventures Inc as the registrant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 1, 2009 and expires on December 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (showing compliance), dated March 9, 1998.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N32896. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1967-03-23 Accident · Pt.Townsend, Wash, 47 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 2 0292
Reported aircraft: Piper J5A — a different aircraft that carried the N32896 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: ACFT NEAR GROSS WT. CARB HEAT FULL ON.

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.