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N7161Y

Aerostar International Inc S-55A

Valid Ohio

N7161Y is an Aerostar International Inc S-55A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1996. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Plain City, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 29, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 21, 1996.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
S-55A
Serial number
S55A-3073
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1996
Transponder code
A994E9 (octal 52312351)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 29, 2026
Expires
July 31, 2033
Last FAA action
July 29, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · June 21, 1996
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00306061

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Gingerich Joseph L
Type
Individual
Address
9910 Pln City Oeorgesville Rd NE
Plain City, OH 43064

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

1972-02-28Piper PA-30 · Valid registration

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