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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 2, 2026Aerostar International Inc S81A
N11BQ is an Aerostar International Inc S81A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2001. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Balloon Quest INC, a corporation in Fenton, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 7, 2001 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated February 7, 2001.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International Inc
- Model
- S81A
- Serial number
- S81A-3010
- 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
- 2001
- Transponder code
- A02A02 (octal 50025002)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 7, 2001
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 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 · February 7, 2001
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00053654
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Balloon Quest INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2470 Grange Hall Rd
Fenton, MI 48430-1634
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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
Connections how N11BQ links to the rest of the register
- Aerostar International Inc 825 aircraft on the register
- Balloon Quest INC 10 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to February 3, 2027
- Fenton, MI 56 aircraft registered in this town
- Michigan 7,224 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N11BQ, 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 Balloon Quest INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 7, 2001, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated February 7, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S81A-3010 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N11BQ was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Charlotte Flying Service LIVINGSTON SPECIAL (serial 1, cancelled July 11, 1980). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N11BQ: Accident on July 23, 2003 at Highland, MI: serious injuries. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerostar S81A · operated under 091
Failure of the pilot to maintain a proper descent rate. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the trees, the reported high winds and gusts, the trees, the power lines and the house.
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