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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N12035

Kubicek Factory S R O BB51Z

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOregon

N12035 is a Kubicek Factory S R O BB51Z, a balloon with no engine, built in 2026. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Portland Rose Balloons LLC, an LLC in Wilsonville, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 25, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 16, 2026.

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Aircraft

Maker
Kubicek Factory S R O
Model
BB51Z
Serial number
2582
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
2026
Transponder code
A05691 (octal 50053221)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 25, 2026
Expires
February 28, 2033
Last FAA action
February 25, 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 · March 16, 2026
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01541157

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Portland Rose Balloons 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
31090 SW Nehalem Ct
Wilsonville, OR 97070-9736

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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

1996-11-22Nihon YS-11A-500 · exported to Philippines · Valid registration
1933-02-03Gerrit Brink BRINK B · Valid registration

Connections how N12035 links to the rest of the register

Design
  • Kubicek Factory S R O 163 aircraft on the register
  • Type certificate B04CE · held by Kubicek Factory S R O
Owner
Place
  • Wilsonville, OR 130 aircraft registered in this town
  • Oregon 7,012 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N12035, 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 Portland Rose Balloons LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 25, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated March 16, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2582 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N12035 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Nihon YS-11A-500 (serial 2168, cancelled November 22, 1996); Gerrit Brink BRINK B (serial 701E, cancelled February 3, 1933). 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N12035. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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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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 October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data