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N5236R

Aerostar International Inc S53A

Valid Minnesota

N5236R is an Aerostar International Inc S53A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2005. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Rochester, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 31, 2023 and expires on July 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 2, 2005.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
S53A
Serial number
S53A-3091
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2005
Transponder code
A6974D (octal 51513515)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 31, 2023
Expires
July 31, 2030
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 2, 2005
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00169429

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lesmeister Michael A
Type
Individual
Address
670 28Th St SE Apt 150
Rochester, MN 55904-6851

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

1998-10-21Cessna 172M · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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