Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8 — registry & accident history
Compiled from FAA & NTSB records · as of Jul 25, 2026
There are 22 Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8 airframes on record (built 2001–2010), 12 currently registered. 1 has one or more NTSB accident records (1 records total, 1 with a fatal highest-injury classification). Data as of Jul 25, 2026.
22
Airframes
12
Registered
2001–2010
Years
1
NTSB records
Recent Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8 accidents
The pilot's intentional flight into adverse weather. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to obtain a weather briefing and his failure to follow the balloon manufacturer's published emergency procedure for weather deterioration during flight.