Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX
N20513 is an Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX, a balloon with no engine, built in 1998. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Northern Light Balloon Expeditions, a corporation in Sedona, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 20, 1998 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 19, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Avian Balloon
- Model
- MAGNUM IX · all MAGNUM IXs and related versions
- Serial number
- 204
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1998
- Transponder code
- A1A72D (octal 50323455)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 20, 1998
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · May 19, 1998
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00657181
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Northern Light Balloon Expeditions
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 455 Dry Creek Rd
Sedona, AZ 86336-4329
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N20513, 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 Northern Light Balloon Expeditions, a corporation, certificate issued May 20, 1998, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 19, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 204 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N20513 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172M (serial 17261351, cancelled March 26, 1993). 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]
2 NTSB records under N20513: Accident on April 10, 2012 at Sedona, AZ: no injuries. Accident on January 8, 1993 at San Jacinto, CA: serious injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX · operated under 091
The pilot did not maintain adequate clearance during approach for landing between his basket and the envelope of another balloon that was also on approach, which resulted in a midair collision.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
THE FLIGHT'S ENCOUNTER WITH UNFORECAST CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data