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N9801N

Adams Balloon A55S

Valid Maine

N9801N is an Adams Balloon A55S, a balloon with no engine, built in 1986. It is registered to an individual in Hope, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 31, 2017 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated February 4, 1986.

Aircraft

Maker
Adams Balloon
Model
A55S
Serial number
0165
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
0
Year built
1986
Cruising speed
30 mph
Transponder code
ADADAC (octal 53326654)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 31, 2017
Expires
March 31, 2030
Last FAA action
October 13, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · February 4, 1986
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00472316

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Erickson Karl L
Type
Individual
Address
31 Barrett Hill Rd
Hope, ME 04847

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