N1524R
Firefly Balloons INC FIREFLY 8B-15 · built 2002
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on April 1, 1998.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2002 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N1524R.
- March 17, 1997Accident
failure of the pilot to see-and-avoid the tower. The proximity of the tower was a related factor.
- June 16, 1987Accident
ABT 15 MINUTES AFT TKOF, THE ENG STARTED TO LOSE PWR. ALL EFFORTS TO RESTART IT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE ACFT WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A LANDFILL. DURING LNDG ROLL THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A HOLE AND THE GEAR SHEARED OFF. EXAM OF THE ENG REVEALED A BURNED PIECE OF THE AIR FILTER ELEMENT FOUND LODGED IN THE THROAT OF THE CARBURETOR.
- July 16, 1980Accident
Failed To Follow Approved Procedures,Directives,Etc.; Vortex Turbulence