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N98098

Adams Balloon A55S

Valid Arizona

N98098 is an Adams Balloon A55S, a balloon with no engine. It is registered to an individual in Tucson, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 26, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 1, 1987.

Aircraft

Maker
Adams Balloon
Model
A55S
Serial number
189
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
30 mph
Transponder code
ADAED8 (octal 53327330)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 26, 2026
Expires
March 31, 2033
Last FAA action
March 26, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · September 1, 1987
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00123861

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hodge Steven J
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 42322
Tucson, AZ 85733-2322

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

1970-08-21Piper J3C-65 · Valid registration

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