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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 28, 2026Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX
N16111 is an Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX, a balloon with no engine. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Avian Balloon CO, a corporation in Spokane Valley, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 17, 1992 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 24, 1993.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Avian Balloon
- Model
- MAGNUM IX · all MAGNUM IXs 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 Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX 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
- 167
- 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
- 8
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A0F7FA (octal 50173772)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 17, 1992
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 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 · June 24, 1993
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00433882
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Avian Balloon CO
- 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
- 8023 e South Riverway Ave
Spokane Valley, WA 99212-1851
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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 N16111 links to the rest of the register
- Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX 14 registered
- Avian Balloon 47 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Avian Balloon CO 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Spokane Valley, WA 68 aircraft registered in this town
- Washington 10,572 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX 1 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX 2 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX 1 supplemental type certificates
- Report filed on this aircraft: Doubler, cracked · 2003-05-15
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The public federal record on N16111, 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 Avian Balloon CO, a corporation, certificate issued August 17, 1992, expires January 31, 2028. 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 167 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N16111 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Stinson SR-7B (serial 9670, cancelled October 7, 1955); Cessna 150L (serial 15073485, 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 N16111: Accident on December 3, 1983 at Englewood, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150L · operated under 091
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