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N9805S

Adams Balloon A55S

N9805S is an Adams Balloon A55S, a balloon with no engine. It is registered to an individual in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 5, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 8, 1987.

Aircraft

Maker
Adams Balloon
Model
A55S
Serial number
180
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
30 mph
Transponder code
ADAE3C (octal 53327074)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 5, 2014
Expires
May 31, 2027
Last FAA action
June 28, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · April 8, 1987
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00285460

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.

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