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N9002X

National Ballooning Ltd 858

Valid Iowa

N9002X is a National Ballooning Ltd 858, a balloon with no engine, built in 2003. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Storm Lake, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 12, 2016 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 28, 2003.

Aircraft

Maker
National Ballooning Ltd
Model
858
Serial number
147
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
4
Year built
2003
Transponder code
AC71E0 (octal 53070740)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 12, 2016
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · August 28, 2003
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00060349

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith William J
Type
Individual
Address
6391 90Th Ave
Storm Lake, IA 50588-7548

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

1999-05-07Air Tractor Inc AT-401B · exported to Venezuela · Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate

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