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N9040A

Adams Balloon L D-S

N9040A is an Adams Balloon L D-S, a balloon with no engine. It is registered to an individual in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 11, 2014 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated February 1, 1978.

Aircraft

Maker
Adams Balloon
Model
L D-S
Serial number
022
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
AC8061 (octal 53100141)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 11, 2014
Expires
December 31, 2027
Last FAA action
June 28, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · February 1, 1978
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00831301

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Depew Michael P
Type
Individual
Address
405 Brook Meadow Dr
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050-3206

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

1956-03-29Cessna 170 · Valid registration

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