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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Kubicek Factory S R O BB34Z
N168ME is a Kubicek Factory S R O BB34Z, a balloon with no engine, built in 2024. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Vass, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 25, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 13, 2025.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Kubicek Factory S R O
- Model
- BB34Z · all BB34Zs 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 Kubicek Factory S R O BB34 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
- 2291
- 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
- 2024
- Transponder code
- A1107E (octal 50210176)
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, 2025
- Expires
- February 29, 2032
- Last FAA action
- February 25, 2025
- 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 13, 2025
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01491714
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Meyer Mark
- 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
- 425 Riverbirch Dr
Vass, NC 28394-9551
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N168ME links to the rest of the register
- Kubicek Factory S R O BB34 13 registered
- Kubicek Factory S R O 163 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Type certificate B04CE · held by Kubicek Factory S R O
- Vass, NC 6 aircraft registered in this town
- North Carolina 7,132 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Kubicek Factory S R O BB34 1 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N168ME, 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 Meyer Mark, an individual, certificate issued February 25, 2025, expires February 29, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated March 13, 2025, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2291 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N168ME according to the deregistered file. [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 N168ME: Accident on September 25, 2003 at Houston, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172S · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a landing. A contributing factor was the pilot's diverted attention while performing the after landing check.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data