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N5252F

Aerostar International Inc S53A

N5252F is an Aerostar International Inc S53A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2003. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 15, 2020 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated October 1, 2003.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
S53A
Serial number
S53A-3089
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2003
Transponder code
A69E25 (octal 51517045)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 15, 2020
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · October 1, 2003
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00074069

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ruesch Lyle
Type
Individual
Address
3705 S Matthew Cir
Sioux Falls, SD 57103-7119

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

1982-11-17Cessna T-41A · Valid registration

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