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N68389

Semco Balloon CHALLENGER

N68389 is a Semco Balloon CHALLENGER, a balloon with no engine, built in 1972. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Piedmont, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 15, 1972 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 4, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Semco Balloon
Model
CHALLENGER
Serial number
SEM-74
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1972
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
A911EE (octal 52210756)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 15, 1972
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · August 4, 1980
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00990037

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Callicrate Richard
Type
Individual
Address
871 Warfield Ave
Piedmont, CA 94610-2105

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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