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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Head Balloons Inc AX8-88
N2019F is a Head Balloons Inc AX8-88, a balloon with no engine, built in 2010. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Statesboro, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 7, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 12, 2010.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Head Balloons Inc
- Model
- AX8-88 · all AX8-88s 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 Head Balloons Inc AX8 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
- 401
- 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
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2010
- Transponder code
- A19953 (octal 50314523)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 7, 2025
- Expires
- December 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- June 9, 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 · April 12, 2010
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01052088
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Urbanovsky Michael R
- 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
- PO Box 2485
Statesboro, GA 30458-4856
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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 N2019F links to the rest of the register
- Head Balloons Inc AX8 116 registered
- Head Balloons Inc 197 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Statesboro, GA 60 aircraft registered in this town
- Statesboro-Bulloch County · TBR
- Georgia 8,790 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Head Balloons Inc AX8 1 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Head Balloons Inc AX8 14 supplemental type certificates
- Report filed on this aircraft: Seal, leaking · 2002-10-15
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The public federal record on N2019F, 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 Urbanovsky Michael R, an individual, certificate issued December 7, 2025, expires December 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 12, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 401 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2019F was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Bell 206L-3 (serial 51032, cancelled November 27, 2006); Balloon Works FIREFLY 6 (serial 606, cancelled June 2, 1997). 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 N2019F: Accident on May 20, 2004 at Palmdale, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206L-3 · operated under 091
The momentary loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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