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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Head Balloons Inc AX8-88
N20671 is a Head Balloons Inc AX8-88, a balloon with no engine, built in 2009. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Helena, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 18, 2009 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 22, 2009.
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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
- 386
- 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
- 2009
- Transponder code
- A1ABB4 (octal 50325664)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 18, 2009
- Expires
- April 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 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 · April 22, 2009
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01030740
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Davis William A JR
- 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
- 200 Springtime Ln
Helena, AL 35080-2302
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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 3
Connections how N20671 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
- Helena, AL 17 aircraft registered in this town
- Alabama 4,325 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
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The public federal record on N20671, 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 Davis William A JR, an individual, certificate issued May 18, 2009, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 22, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 386 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N20671 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Boeing Company CH47-414 (serial M4482, cancelled December 31, 2001); Cessna 172M (serial 17261478, cancelled November 2, 1993); General Aircraft Corp G1-80 (serial 1, cancelled February 17, 1942). 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 N20671: Accident on October 25, 2014 at Montevallo, AL: serious injuries. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Head AX8 88B · operated under 091
The pilot's decision to conduct a landing to a confined area in high wind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent injury to a passenger.
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