- Registered owners
- Scott Michael RScott Josephine R
- Location
- Rio Rancho, NM
- Owner type
- Co-owned
- Serial number
- 114
- Year built
- 1987
- Type
- Balloon
- Engine
- None
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, racing
- Airworthiness date
- September 19, 2007
- Certificate issued
- November 20, 2025
- Expires
- November 30, 2032
- Mode S code
- A681D8
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 · Medema/Balloon Works 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 · Medema/Balloon Works FIREFLY 7
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
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N5182UMatched 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 Medema/Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 aircraft
Reports on N5182U not matched to an aircraft · 1
They name N5182U, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N5182UGeneral 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 Medema/Balloon Works 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.
Airframe · Medema/Balloon Works FIREFLY 7
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 2
These aircraft carried N5182U before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.