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N9818J

Adams Balloon A55S

Valid Michigan

N9818J is an Adams Balloon A55S, a balloon with no engine. It is registered to an individual in Hastings, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 25, 2007 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated November 5, 1986.

Aircraft

Maker
Adams Balloon
Model
A55S
Serial number
176
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
30 mph
Transponder code
ADB254 (octal 53331124)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 25, 2007
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · November 5, 1986
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00442987

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Payne Ralph J
Type
Individual
Address
3825 E Center Rd
Hastings, MI 49058-9108

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

1982-10-27Cessna A150M · exported to United Kingdom · Valid registration

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