# Firefly Balloons GALAXY 11B

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 1050156
- Manufacturer (registry): FIREFLY BALLOONS INC
- Model: GALAXY 11B
- Aircraft type: Balloon
- Category: Balloon
- Engines: None
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Type certificated
- Data sheet: [TCDS A10NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A10NM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Holder: JR Aerosports Ltd.
- Registered aircraft: 2
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/firefly-balloons-galaxy-11b

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- [AD 2013-03-10](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2013-03-10): Hardware · Aeronaut Instruction Research Skysailor 105, Skysailor 90, 110C and 439 more. Effective Mar 19, 2013
- [AD 75-12-08](https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-12-08): Throttle or Trigger Valves · McGrath, Michael D. A-60S, A-B, A50S and 41 more. Effective Apr 30, 1976

## Information bulletins (advisory) (1)

- [SAIB CE-11-44](https://openairdocs.org/saib/CE-11-44): Fuel: Cylinder Strap Installation. Issued Jul 13, 2011

## Registered aircraft (2)

- [N15162](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15162): [Dekoevend Gery](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DEKOEVEND%20GERY), [Fort Garland, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Fort%20Garland), built 2002, S/N GLX-1111B
- [N1647A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1647A): [Marketing Services Inc Of Pueblo](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MARKETING%20SERVICES%20INC%20OF%20PUEBLO), [Colorado Springs, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Colorado%20Springs), built 2007, S/N GLX-1611B

## NTSB investigations (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN06CA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA108), Jul 27, 2006: Firefly Balloons Galaxy 11B (N2190S), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: fuel exhaustion, resulting in the pilot's inability to relight one of two burners, and resulting in a hard landing.
- [NTSB DEN04LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA006), Oct 9, 2003: Firefly Balloons Galaxy 11B (N2190S), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a high-wind landing, resulting in a hard landing, the subsequent tipping of the balloon's basket, a post impact flash fire, and the ejection of…

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20060727015069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060727015069A), Jul 27, 2006: Balwks FIREFLY11B (N2190S), Albuquerque, NM. (-23) On July 27, 2006 at 0800 MDT a firefly 11B hot air balloon, N2190S, registered to and piloted by [privacy data omitted] made a hard landing near the…
- [Accident 20031009027289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031009027289A), Oct 9, 2003: Balwks FIREFLY11B (N2190S), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 9, 2003, at approximately 2000 MST a firefly galaxy 11B balloon, N2190S, registered to david e. smith, collided with the ground on landing in…

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (4)

Approved for this model: the STC's model list names it on its data sheet, or a series that includes it. In force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has.

- [STC SB10564SC](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB10564SC): Installation of Night Position Lights. Highland Balloon Repair, CRS NHMD682X
- [STC SB09657RC](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB09657RC): Installation of Aircraft Position Lights. Albuquerque Balloon Center, Inc
- [STC SB04407AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB04407AT): Installation of the DBI-III Omega. Balloonacy, Ltd. LLC
- [STC SB02538CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB02538CH): Installation of Aerostar International Basket Models TS, RB-8 or RB-12 and Aerostar International Burner P/Ns 14160, 17395, 52350, 52950. JR Aerosports LTD

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Firefly Balloons 2010 GALAXY 11B](https://openairdocs.org/model/firefly-balloons-2010-galaxy-11b): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 1050137

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