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N389KB

Kubicek Factory S R O BB18XR

Valid Texas

N389KB is a Kubicek Factory S R O BB18XR, a balloon with no engine, built in 2025. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Kyle, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 29, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 5, 2025.

Aircraft

Maker
Kubicek Factory S R O
Model
BB18XR
Serial number
2443
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2025
Transponder code
A47D9C (octal 51076634)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 29, 2025
Expires
May 31, 2032
Last FAA action
May 29, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · June 5, 2025
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01507835

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Aldridge Blake
Type
Individual
Address
209 Ehrlich St
Kyle, TX 78640-3664

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