Head Balloons Inc AX7-77
N2083K is a Head Balloons Inc AX7-77, a balloon with no engine, built in 2004. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Richmond, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 18, 2017 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 10, 2004.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Head Balloons Inc
- Model
- AX7-77 · all AX7-77s and related versions
- Serial number
- 335
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2004
- Transponder code
- A1B286 (octal 50331206)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 18, 2017
- Expires
- April 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · June 10, 2004
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00109909
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Shute Steven D
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1067 Woods Rd
Richmond, IN 47374-9409
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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
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The public federal record on N2083K, 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 Shute Steven D, an individual, certificate issued April 18, 2017, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 10, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 335 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2083K was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Boeing Company CH47-414 (serial M4483, cancelled January 23, 2002); Piper PA-34-200T (serial 347970073, cancelled March 16, 1989); Luscombe 8A (serial 4810, cancelled June 25, 1970). 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 N2083K: Accident on March 21, 1987 at Rutland, VT: no injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-34-200T · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC87LA112 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data