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N71459

Aerostar International Inc S-49A

Valid Iowa

N71459 is an Aerostar International Inc S-49A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1996. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in De Witt, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 12, 2018 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated January 16, 1996.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
S-49A
Serial number
S49A-3203
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
1996
Transponder code
A98E12 (octal 52307022)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 12, 2018
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · January 16, 1996
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00845811

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hanson Gregory K
Type
Co-owned
Address
2253 290Th Ave
De Witt, IA 52742-9243
Co-owners
Young Carl E

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

1949-02-21Luscombe 8A · Valid registration

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