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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 28, 2026Cameron Balloons Us N-90
N16004 is a Cameron Balloons Us N-90, a balloon with no engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Helena, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 27, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 11, 1994.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cameron Balloons Us
- Model
- N-90 · all N-90s 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 N-90 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
- 5919
- 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
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A0F423 (octal 50172043)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 27, 2023
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- April 27, 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 · March 11, 1994
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00184642
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Elkins Justin
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 93 Oakwood Ln
Helena, MT 59601-0381
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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
Connections how N16004 links to the rest of the register
- Cameron Balloons Us N-90 28 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
- Helena, MT 536 aircraft registered in this town
- Helena Regional · HLN
- Montana 6,044 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Cameron Balloons Us N-90 12 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N16004, 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 Elkins Justin, an individual, certificate issued April 27, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5919 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N16004 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 150L (serial 15073403, cancelled June 18, 1990); Douglas DC3-G202A (serial 1498, cancelled date not given). 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 N16004: Accident on July 2, 1989 at Sugar Grove, IL: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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: Cessna 150L · operated under 091
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED ABOVE STALL SPEED, AND A STALL/SPIN ENCOUNTERED WITH INADEQUATE ALTITUDE FOR RECOVERY. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THUNDERSTORM, PRE-FLIGHT BRIEFING NOT OBTAINED AND POOR WEATHER EVALUATION BY THE PILOT.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data