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N9817S

Adams Balloon A55

Valid Indiana

N9817S is an Adams Balloon A55, a balloon with no engine. It is registered to an individual in Bloomington, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 7, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated August 2, 1987.

Aircraft

Maker
Adams Balloon
Model
A55
Serial number
187
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
ADB239 (octal 53331071)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 7, 2014
Expires
May 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · August 2, 1987
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00423861

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Diekhoff Michael
Type
Individual
Address
504 N Staats Dr
Bloomington, IN 47408-2736

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