- Registered owner
- Compton Preston W
- Location
- Kingsport, TN
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- F8B-2024
- Year built
- 2002
- Type
- Balloon
- Engine
- None
- Airworthiness
- Standard, balloon
- Airworthiness date
- September 9, 2002
- Certificate issued
- December 13, 2024
- Expires
- December 31, 2031
- Mode S code
- A0D0D1
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 2
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1976 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 |
Information bulletins that may apply · 1
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Firefly Balloons FIREFLY 8B-15
SAIB CE-11-44Fuel: Cylinder Strap InstallationNTSB investigations · 1
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
FAA incident reports · 1
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.
Service difficulty reports
Reports on N1514G not matched to an aircraft · 1
They name N1514G, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
STCs that may be installed · 14
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Firefly Balloons FIREFLY 8B-15
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1
This aircraft carried N1514G before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.