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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N2010H

Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB26Z

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesColorado

N2010H is a Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB26Z, a balloon with no engine, built in 2020. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 4, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 3, 2020.

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Aircraft

Maker
Balony Kubicek Spol Sro
Model
BB26Z · all BB26Zs 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 Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB26 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
1713
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
2020
Transponder code
A1981A (octal 50314032)

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 4, 2026
Expires
April 30, 2033
Last FAA action
April 4, 2026
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 3, 2020
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01317874

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Chelgren 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
4920 Artistic Cir
Colorado Springs, CO 80917-2204

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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 4

2008-12-17Sikorsky S-92A · exported to Norway · Sale reported
2006-03-27Cessna 182T · exported to Germany · Valid registration
2002-03-19Balloon Works FIREFLY 6 · Second attempt to mail the triennial form, no response
1948-03-15Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C · Valid registration

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The public federal record on N2010H, 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 Chelgren David W, an individual, certificate issued April 4, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 3, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1713 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N2010H was previously assigned to 4 other aircraft: Sikorsky S-92A (serial 920092, cancelled December 17, 2008); Cessna 182T (serial 18281766, cancelled March 27, 2006); Balloon Works FIREFLY 6 (serial 634, cancelled March 19, 2002). 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 N2010H. 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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data