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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 2, 2026Cameron Balloons Us A-225
N118EC is a Cameron Balloons Us A-225, a balloon with no engine, built in 2019. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Seattle Ballooning LLC, an LLC in Burien, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 27, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 28, 2019.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cameron Balloons Us
- Model
- A-225 · all A-225s 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 A-225 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
- 6879
- 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
- 2019
- Transponder code
- A04A52 (octal 50045122)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 27, 2026
- Expires
- October 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- October 27, 2026
- 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 28, 2019
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01288398
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Seattle Ballooning LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2825 SW 170Th St
Burien, WA 98166-3241
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N118EC links to the rest of the register
- Cameron Balloons Us A-225 9 registered
- Cameron Balloons Us 714 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Seattle Ballooning LLC 7 aircraft in the fleet
- Burien, WA 25 aircraft registered in this town
- Washington 10,572 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Cameron Balloons Us A-225 3 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N118EC, 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 Seattle Ballooning LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 27, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 28, 2019, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6879 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N118EC according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N118EC: Accident on August 18, 2012 at San Juan, PR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206B · operated under PUBU
The crew’s inadequate preflight inspection and failure to monitor the fuel state during flight, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data