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N4274D

Raven S55A

N4274D is a Raven S55A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1984. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Apple Valley, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 6, 2013 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated August 17, 1984.

Aircraft

Maker
Raven
Model
S55A
Serial number
S55A-1038
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1984
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
A51888 (octal 51214210)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 6, 2013
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · August 17, 1984
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00781544

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bechtold Larry E
Type
Individual
Address
22240 Nisqually Rd
Apple Valley, CA 92308-6515

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

1981-04-27Beech G35 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

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