N9080M
Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15 · built 1992
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
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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 1992 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N9080M.
- February 19, 1983Accident
THE PLT ELECTED TO TAKEOFF ON A SANDY BEACH APRX 1800 TO 2000 FT LONG. THERE WAS A GRADUAL CURVE IN THE BEACH FOR MOST OF THE TAKEOFF DISTANCE. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS DEBRIS ON THE BEACH THAT WAS TOO HEAVY TO MOVE, WHICH HE HAD TO DODGE WITH LESS THAN FULL POWER DURING A LARGE PART OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL.