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N1024B

Cameron Balloons Us Z-105

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNew Mexico

N1024B is a Cameron Balloons Us Z-105, a balloon with no engine, built in 2004. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Bosque Farms, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 28, 2004 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 19, 2004.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cameron Balloons Us
Model
Z-105 · all Z-105s and related versions
Built of
fabric and wicker
A hot-air balloon: a coated nylon envelope, stainless-steel cables, and a wicker or aluminium basket under a propane burner. This is how the Cameron Balloons Us Z-105 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
6371
Type
BalloonFAA type of aircraft code 2 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2004
Transponder code
A00F08 (octal 50007410)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 28, 2004
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · BalloonFAA certificate purpose code B (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 19, 2004
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00095609

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Baldwin Roger
Type
Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
2460 Margaret Dr
Bosque Farms, NM 87068-9371
Co-owners
Baldwin Kelly

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 2

2000-04-26Piper PA-31-350 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1971-01-13Smith Herbert O/Smith Herbert SPUTNIK 1 · Valid registration

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The public federal record on N1024B, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Baldwin Roger, a co-owned, certificate issued June 28, 2004, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 19, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6371 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N1024B was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 (serial 31-7652107, cancelled April 26, 2000); Smith Herbert O/Smith Herbert SPUTNIK 1 (serial 1, cancelled January 13, 1971). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N1024B: Accident on October 9, 2007 at Rio Rancho, NM: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 15, 1999 at North Las Vegas, NV: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

DEN08LA006Accident on October 9, 2007 at Rio Rancho, NM: serious injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cameron Balloons Z-105 · operated under 091

the pilot's inability to maintain aircraft control due to high winds resulting in the aircraft coming in contact with two houses.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

LAX00FA014Accident on October 15, 1999 at North Las Vegas, NV: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 31-7652107

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-31-350 · operated under 135

The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain separation from terrain while operating under visual flight rules. Contributing factors were the improper issuance of a suggested heading by air traffic control personnel, inadequate flight progress monitoring by radar departure control personnel, and failure of the radar controller to identify a hazardous condition and issue a safety alert.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data