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N105WB

Cameron Balloons Us 0-105

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

N105WB is a Cameron Balloons Us 0-105, a balloon with no engine, built in 2013. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 25, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 8, 2013.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cameron Balloons Us
Model
0-105 · all 0-105s 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 0 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
6677
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
6
Year built
2013
Transponder code
A0193D (octal 50014475)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 25, 2025
Expires
December 31, 2032
Last FAA action
December 25, 2025
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 8, 2013
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01099914

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wehner Charles F II
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
1433 34Th Cir SE
Rio Rancho, NM 87124-1917

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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 1

1999-12-23Bennett William J MINI - 500 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N105WB links to the rest of the register

Design
Place
  • Rio Rancho, NM 120 aircraft registered in this town
  • New Mexico 3,109 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N105WB, 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 Wehner Charles F II, an individual, certificate issued December 25, 2025, expires December 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 8, 2013, consistent with the 2013 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6677 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N105WB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bennett William J MINI - 500 (serial 0058, cancelled December 23, 1999). 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 N105WB: Accident on September 16, 2007 at Bossier City, LA: serious injuries, minor damage. Accident on April 20, 1998 at Lakeland, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 2

DFW07CA201Accident on September 16, 2007 at Bossier City, LA: serious injuries, minor damage.serial on NTSB record: 56/27

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ultra Magic M-56C · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to arrest an excessive descent rate prior to ground contact, which resulted in a hard landing.

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

MIA98LA137Accident on April 20, 1998 at Lakeland, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 0058

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bennett M-500A · operated under 091

a hex nut on the cyclic flight control pushrod bolt had backed off for undetermined reason(s) and allowed the bolt to become disconnected from the control yoke teeter block, resulting in a loss of cyclic control and subsequent roll over during an emergency landing.

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 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 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 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data