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N116FS

Adams Balloon A55S

N116FS is an Adams Balloon A55S, a balloon with no engine. It is registered to an individual in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 22, 2016 and expires on March 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Adams Balloon
Model
A55S
Serial number
171
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
30 mph
Transponder code
A0430B (octal 50041413)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 22, 2016
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 21, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00901077

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lowenstein Albert L
Type
Individual
Address
1220 Rockrose Rd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87122-1115

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data