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N48UK

Richard J Piendel 2490

N48UK is a Richard J Piendel 2490, a balloon with no engine, built in 2013. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Annville, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 24, 2013 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 26, 2013.

Aircraft

Maker
Richard J Piendel
Model
2490
Serial number
102
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2013
Transponder code
A5E80C (octal 51364014)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 24, 2013
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · July 26, 2013
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01127832

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Piendel Richard J
Type
Individual
Address
11 Ironwood Dr
Annville, PA 17003-9713

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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