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N498FN

Kubicek Factory S R O BB26M

Valid Ohio

N498FN is a Kubicek Factory S R O BB26M, a balloon with no engine, built in 2025. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Alliance, Ohio. 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 May 29, 2025.

Aircraft

Maker
Kubicek Factory S R O
Model
BB26M
Serial number
2498
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2025
Transponder code
A62E5A (octal 51427132)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 21, 2025
Expires
May 31, 2032
Last FAA action
May 21, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 29, 2025
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01506656

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Miller Benjamin J
Type
Individual
Address
1015 Hartshorn St
Alliance, OH 44601-3841

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