Cameron Balloons Us Z-105
N144SM is a Cameron Balloons Us Z-105, a balloon with no engine, built in 2012. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Balloonpong Enterprises LLC, an LLC in Louisville, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 4, 2019 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated August 15, 2012.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cameron Balloons Us
- Model
- Z-105 · all Z-105s and related versions
- Serial number
- 6667
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2012
- Transponder code
- A0B328 (octal 50131450)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 4, 2019
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · August 15, 2012
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 01094751
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Balloonpong Enterprises LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 16410 Donnington Ct
Louisville, KY 40245-4275
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 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N144SM, 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 Balloonpong Enterprises LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 4, 2019, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated August 15, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6667 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N144SM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R44 (serial 1098, cancelled November 24, 2008). 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 N144SM: Accident on May 11, 2005 at Gustine, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R44 · operated under 091
the improper installation of the nut/bolt assembly connecting the left cyclic push-pull tube to the non-rotating swashplate by maintenance personnel, which led to a loss of roll control during takeoff.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX05LA164 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data