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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Cameron 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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cameron Balloons Us
- Model
- Z-105 · all Z-105s 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 Z-105 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
- 6667
- 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
- 2012
- Transponder code
- A0B328 (octal 50131450)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 4, 2019
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 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 · August 15, 2012
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01094751
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Balloonpong Enterprises 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
- 16410 Donnington Ct
Louisville, KY 40245-4275
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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 N144SM links to the rest of the register
- Cameron Balloons Us Z-105 48 registered
- Cameron Balloons Us 713 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Balloonpong Enterprises LLC 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Louisville, KY 628 aircraft registered in this town
- Bowman Field · LOU
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International · SDF
- Kentucky 2,981 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cameron Balloons Us Z-105 1 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Cameron Balloons Us Z-105 7 supplemental type certificates
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data