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N242NU

Luenenborg C A/Kennedy H F AX8

N242NU is a Luenenborg C A/Kennedy H F AX8, a balloon with no engine, built in 1996. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 9, 2015 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 27, 2001.

Aircraft

Maker
Luenenborg C A/Kennedy H F
Model
AX8
Serial number
HAB 7
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1996
Transponder code
A238AC (octal 50434254)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 9, 2015
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · September 27, 2001
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00325871

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Grote Matthew R
Type
Individual
Address
580 Casper Rd SE
Rio Rancho, NM 87124-3459

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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