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N5277A

Aerostar International Inc S-55A

Valid Illinois

N5277A is an Aerostar International Inc S-55A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2000. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Lincoln, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 27, 2023 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 26, 2000.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
S-55A
Serial number
S55A-3084
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2000
Transponder code
A6A63D (octal 51523075)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 27, 2023
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
February 2, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 26, 2000
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00645770

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Phelan Jim E
Type
Individual
Address
836 State Route 10
Lincoln, IL 62656-5347

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

1991-12-26Cessna P210R · exported to Germany · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1973-10-02Cessna 310 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

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