N20428 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to an Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX built in 1998. The FAA cancelled the registration on July 13, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX cancelled July 13, 2017
- Serial number
- 203
- Type
- Balloon · None
- Year built
- 1998
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- September 7, 2004
- Last FAA action
- September 25, 2009
- Last owner
- Morgan W Kevin (Individual)
Driggs, ID - Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon
Cessna 172M cancelled June 3, 1991
- Serial number
- 17261281
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 3, 1989
- Last FAA action
- February 6, 1989
- Last owner
- Westwind Aviation INC (Corporation)
Emporia, KS - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N20428
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · serial 1726128177
THE PILOT MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TO THE RUNWAY WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARK NIGHT AND STATIC WIRES.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site