# Sandel FIREFLY

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 0563713
- Manufacturer (registry): SANDEL
- Model: FIREFLY
- Aircraft type: Balloon
- Category: Balloon
- Engines: None
- Seats: 0
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 60 mph
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/sandel-firefly

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.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to aircraft with this model.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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

- [Incident 19940403009859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940403009859I), Apr 3, 1994: N939, Olathe, KS. Aircraft tug enterted active runway as an aircraft was cleared for departure. Aircraft aborted.

## Service difficulty reports (1)

As reported by operators and repair stations, by the model named in the report.

- [SDR 95ZZZX3659](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX3659), Jun 22, 1995: EYEBOLT. FAILED. DURING ATTEMPTED DEFLATION OF BALLOON AT CONCLUSION OF A PAID PASSENGER FLIGHT, THE EYEBOLT WHICH RETAINS ONE OF TWO DEFLATION LINE PULLEYS BROKE. THE PILOT WAS

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Ascending Technologies FIREFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/ascending-technologies-firefly): 4 registered aircraft, registry code 06101BR
- [Ertle Lewis H FIREFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/ertle-lewis-h-firefly): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05613KV
- [Wolfe Jonathan L FIREFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/wolfe-jonathan-l-firefly): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05631PZ
- [James Edward Manning JR FIREFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/james-edward-manning-jr-firefly): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05637VD
- [Kolb FIREFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/kolb-firefly): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05902F9
- [Dumm G/Kolb FIREFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/dumm-g-kolb-firefly): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05904QM
- [Kolb FIREFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/kolb-firefly): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05603UB
- [Statler FIREFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/statler-firefly): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0561361
- [Kristich John FIREFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/kristich-john-firefly): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05613W9
- [Polar Explorer FIRE FLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/polar-explorer-fire-fly): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05618DE
- [Proxy Aviation Systems FIREFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/proxy-aviation-systems-firefly): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05621YV
- [Robinson /Christensen /Wright FIREFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-christensen-wright-firefly): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 056310S

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