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N4042S

Raven S55A

N4042S is a Raven S55A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1981. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Coronado, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 19, 1992 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated December 4, 1981.

Aircraft

Maker
Raven
Model
S55A
Serial number
S55A-852
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1981
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
A4BE2C (octal 51137054)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 19, 1992
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · December 4, 1981
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00281414

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kimmich Russ S
Type
Individual
Address
534 Palm Ave
Coronado, CA 92118-1725

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