Balloon

N7053Z

1998 Balloon Works Firefly 8

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1998
Serial
F8-427
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Star Ballooning LLC (LLC)
Based
Bridgewater, VA
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Registration record

N7053Z on the FAA register

Type
1998 Balloon Works Firefly 8
Serial
F8-427
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Star Ballooning LLC
Bridgewater, VA
Certificate issued
2020-02-26
Airworthiness date
1998-12-30
Registration expires
2030-02-28
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A969FA
Mode S (octal)
52264772
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).
  • 2020-02-26
    Certificate of registration issued as N7053Z to the current registrant.
  • 1998-12-30
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 1991-10-29
    N7053Z previously assigned to a Piper PA-25-235 (s/n 252822); cancelled.
Overview

About N7053Z

N7053Z is a 1998 Balloon Works Firefly 8, serial number F8-427. The FAA register lists Star Ballooning LLC as the registrant in Bridgewater, Virginia. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 26, 2020 and expires on February 28, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated December 30, 1998.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N7053Z. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1980-11-11 Accident · White Castle,La, 18 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 2948
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-25 — a different aircraft that carried the N7053Z registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: TKOF.PLT BGN DUMPING LOAD JUST BFR TCHDWN.

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.