- Registered owner
- Snead David W
- Location
- Mechanicsville, VA
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- F7-2024
- Year built
- 2003
- Type
- Balloon
- Engine
- None
- Airworthiness
- Standard, balloon
- Airworthiness date
- August 18, 2004
- Certificate issued
- March 22, 2021
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Mode S code
- A1DE14
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.
| 1975 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 |
Airframe · Firefly Balloons FIREFLY 7
AD 2013-03-10HardwareAD 81-05-03Fuel tank shut-off valve modificationAD 75-12-08Throttle or Trigger ValvesAD 75-17-36Brass Nipple FailureInformation bulletins that may apply · 1
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Firefly Balloons FIREFLY 7
SAIB CE-11-44Fuel: Cylinder Strap InstallationNTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N21953Matched 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 Firefly Balloons FIREFLY 7 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N21953Matched 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 Firefly Balloons FIREFLY 7 aircraft
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N21953General 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 Firefly Balloons FIREFLY 7 aircraft
STCs that may be installed · 25
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
See all 25 STCs
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 2
These aircraft carried N21953 before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.