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N5001J

Aerostar International AEROSTAR S53H

N5001J is an Aerostar International AEROSTAR S53H, a balloon with no engine, built in 2002. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Spencer, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 5, 2008 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 30, 2002.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International
Model
AEROSTAR S53H
Serial number
S53H-3004
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2002
Transponder code
A63C74 (octal 51436164)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 5, 2008
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
September 30, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · September 30, 2002
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00021349

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sielis James A
Type
Co-owned
Address
80 Greenville St
Spencer, MA 01562-2744
Co-owners
Chaffe Richard A

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

1975-03-24Cessna 310R · exported to Congo Dem Rep(Nz) · Valid registration

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