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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Cameron Balloons Us Z-77
N1053P is a Cameron Balloons Us Z-77, a balloon with no engine, built in 2004. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Wayland, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 13, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 27, 2004. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cameron Balloons Us
- Model
- Z-77 · all Z-77s and related versions
- Built of
- fabric and wickerA 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-77 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
- 6378
- 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
- A01A16 (octal 50015026)
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 13, 2023
- Expires
- June 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- June 13, 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 27, 2004
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00108499
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kerber Rick
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 486 135Th Ave
Wayland, MI 49348-9401
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 1
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N1053P links to the rest of the register
- Cameron Balloons Us Z-77 47 registered
- Cameron Balloons Us 715 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Wayland, MI 11 aircraft registered in this town
- Calkins Field · 41C
- Michigan 7,226 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Cameron Balloons Us Z-77 2 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N1053P, 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.
Valid registration to Kerber Rick, an individual, certificate issued June 13, 2023, expires June 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 27, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6378 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1053P was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Zenisek Edward J BENSEN B-8M (serial 001, cancelled September 25, 2001). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 28, 2026). [3]
No NTSB investigation records located under N1053P. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data