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N5318J

Aerostar International Inc S53A

N5318J is an Aerostar International Inc S53A, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Hot Springs, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 23, 2019 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 26, 2002.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
S53A
Serial number
S53A-3087
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A6B79D (octal 51533635)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 23, 2019
Expires
September 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 2, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · June 26, 2002
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00194094

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wilson Brian A
Type
Co-owned
Address
13115 Wild Turkey Ln
Hot Springs, SD 57747-7345
Co-owners
Wilson Petra

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.

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