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N5279R

Aerostar International Inc S-57A

N5279R is an Aerostar International Inc S-57A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2000. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Vista, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 26, 2007 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated October 17, 2000.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
S-57A
Serial number
S57A-3221
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2000
Transponder code
A6A692 (octal 51523222)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 26, 2007
Expires
May 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 12, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · October 17, 2000
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00763665

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Chico Timothy G
Type
Individual
Address
1652 Goodwin Dr
Vista, CA 92084-3033

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

1993-01-11Cessna 172M · Valid registration

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