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N4009X

Andrew Philip Richardson Dba A55S

N4009X is an Andrew Philip Richardson Dba A55S, a balloon with no engine, built in 2017. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 30, 2017 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 22, 2017.

Aircraft

Maker
Andrew Philip Richardson Dba
Model
A55S
Serial number
246
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2017
Transponder code
A4B04A (octal 51130112)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 30, 2017
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
August 14, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · September 22, 2017
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01260338

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Van Sant Kurt A
Type
Individual
Address
4310 Hillcrest Ave NW
Albuquerque, NM 87120-3803

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

2010-10-06Aero Commander 100-180 · exported to Canada · Sale reported

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