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N19964

Cameron Balloons Us N-90

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesKentucky

N19964 is a Cameron Balloons Us N-90, a balloon with no engine, built in 1987. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Danville, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 25, 1989 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 27, 1987.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cameron Balloons Us
Model
N-90 · all N-90s and related versions
Built of
fabric and wicker
A 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
5325
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
1987
Transponder code
A18CE1 (octal 50306341)

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 25, 1989
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
September 30, 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 · May 27, 1987
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00685450

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
May David W
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
3600 Chrisman Ln
Danville, KY 40422-8706

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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

1974-11-08Cessna 172M · exported to Canada · Valid registration

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The public federal record on N19964, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to May David W, an individual, certificate issued April 25, 1989, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 27, 1987, consistent with the 1987 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5325 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N19964 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172M (serial 17260893, cancelled November 8, 1974). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N19964. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data