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N71588

Aerostar International Inc S53A

Valid Texas

N71588 is an Aerostar International Inc S53A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Scottsville, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 22, 2016 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 28, 1998.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
S53A
Serial number
S53A-3022
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
1998
Transponder code
A99231 (octal 52311061)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 22, 2016
Expires
September 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 2, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · April 28, 1998
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00117211

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Scarpinatto Joseph Knox
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 792
Scottsville, TX 75688-0792

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

1973-09-10Cessna TU206F · exported to Japan · Valid registration
1965-05-22Luscombe 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