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N9078Z

Aerostar International Inc S-51A

N9078Z is an Aerostar International Inc S-51A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Natchez, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 16, 2018 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 10, 1998.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
S-51A
Serial number
S51A-3009
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1998
Transponder code
AC8CB5 (octal 53106265)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 16, 2018
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
October 21, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · June 10, 1998
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00157211

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Trippe Christopher P
Type
Individual
Address
111 Willow Ct
Natchez, MS 39120-4814

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 2

1994-01-25Robinson Helicopter R22 · exported to Australia · Valid registration
1974-12-16Grumman TBM-3E · exported to Canada · Valid registration

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