- Registered owner
- Payne Ralph J
- Location
- Hastings, MI
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 11103
- Year built
- 1981
- Type
- Balloon
- Engine
- None
- Airworthiness
- Standard, balloon
- Airworthiness date
- November 3, 1981
- Certificate issued
- July 17, 2001
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Mode S code
- A0D4DA
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 4
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 |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 |
Airframe · Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B
AD 2013-03-10HardwareAD 84-04-03Jumper CordsAD 81-05-03Fuel tank shut-off valve modificationAD 75-12-08Throttle or Trigger ValvesInformation bulletins that may apply · 1
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B
SAIB CE-11-44Fuel: Cylinder Strap InstallationNTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N1526UMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N1526UMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B aircraft
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N1526UGeneral aviation reporting is voluntary. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Reports on Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B aircraft
Reports on N1526U not matched to an aircraft · 1
They name N1526U, 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 · 19
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.