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N491A

Adams Balloons Llc A55S

Valid Colorado

N491A is an Adams Balloons Llc A55S, a balloon with no engine, built in 2020. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 21, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated December 19, 2020.

Aircraft

Maker
Adams Balloons Llc
Model
A55S
Serial number
261
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2020
Transponder code
A613CF (octal 51411717)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 21, 2025
Expires
May 31, 2032
Last FAA action
May 21, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · December 19, 2020
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
01295834

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ragsdale William M II
Type
Individual
Address
3610 W Wade Ln
Colorado Springs, CO 80917-5824

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 2

2004-04-26Piper PA-28R-201 · exported to United Kingdom · Valid registration
1983-11-02Beech 95-C55 · Valid registration

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