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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026Ultramagic Sa ULTRAMAGIC S-130
N1783U is an Ultramagic Sa ULTRAMAGIC S-130, a balloon with no engine, built in 2002. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Austin Aeronauts LLC, an LLC in Hutto, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 26, 2022 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated August 16, 2021.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Ultramagic Sa
- Model
- ULTRAMAGIC S-130
- Serial number
- 130/32
- 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
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A139B9 (octal 50234671)
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 26, 2022
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 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 16, 2021
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01329919
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Austin Aeronauts 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
- 1114 Concan Dr
Hutto, TX 78634-5496
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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 N1783U links to the rest of the register
- Ultramagic Sa 73 aircraft on the register
- Type certificate B02CE · held by Ultramagic SA
- Austin Aeronauts LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Hutto, TX 15 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,986 aircraft registered
- Report filed on this aircraft: Hinge Pin, failed · 1997-03-13
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The public federal record on N1783U, 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 Austin Aeronauts LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 26, 2022, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 16, 2021, 19 years after the 2002 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 130/32 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1783U was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna T207A (serial 20700383, cancelled February 2, 2006). 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 N1783U: Accident on December 8, 2004 at Meadview, AZ: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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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 T207A · operated under 091
a loss of control due to the in-flight separation of the right elevator and elevator trim tab control surfaces. The precipitating reason for the elevator separation could not be resolved as related to the tab foam core issue with the available evidence.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data