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N73BS

Piendel Richard 2490

N73BS is a Piendel Richard 2490, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Annville, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 22, 2010 and expires on December 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Piendel Richard
Model
2490
Serial number
101
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A9C8DC (octal 52344334)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 22, 2010
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01063296

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Piendel Richard J
Type
Individual
Address
11 Ironwood Dr
Annville, PA 17003-9713

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

1997-11-14Piper PA-34-220T · exported to United Kingdom · Valid registration

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