Staging copy. The live site is at https://staging.data.eflight.com.
eFlight RegistryFAA data, updated daily
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N8172J

Padelt Albert 2

Valid Nebraska

N8172J is a Padelt Albert 2, a balloon with no engine, built in 1989. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Coyote Balloons US, a corporation in Mc Cook, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 12, 1996 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 6, 1989.

Aircraft

Maker
Padelt Albert
Model
2
Serial number
PW350001
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1989
Transponder code
AB2604 (octal 52623004)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 12, 1996
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · September 6, 1989
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00474541

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Coyote Balloons US
Type
Corporation
Address
PO Box 1748
Mc Cook, NE 69001-1748

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.

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