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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026Cameron Balloons Us V-90
N2097H is a Cameron Balloons Us V-90, a balloon with no engine, built in 2007. It has 5 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 24, 2026 and expires on January 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 17, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cameron Balloons Us
- Model
- V-90 · all V-90s 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 Cameron Balloons Us V-90 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
- 6505
- 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
- 5
- Year built
- 2007
- Transponder code
- A1B6C7 (octal 50333307)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 24, 2026
- Expires
- January 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- January 24, 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 · September 17, 2007
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00382309
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Christensen Marjorie A
- Type
- Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 9516 Andesite Dr NW
Albuquerque, NM 87114-3010 - Co-owners
- Zappulla Richard S II
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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
Connections how N2097H links to the rest of the register
- Cameron Balloons Us V-90 32 registered
- Cameron Balloons Us 715 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Albuquerque, NM 1,181 aircraft registered in this town
- Albuquerque International Sunport · ABQ
- Double Eagle II Airport · AEG
- New Mexico 3,114 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Cameron Balloons Us V-90 1 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N2097H, 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 Christensen Marjorie A, a co-owned, certificate issued January 24, 2026, expires January 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated September 17, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6505 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2097H was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Ercoupe 415-C (serial 2720, cancelled January 12, 2005). 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 N2097H: Accident on January 31, 2009 at La Junta, CO: serious injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cameron Balloons US V-90 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain a safe rate of descent during landing. Contributing to the accident was the strong surface winds.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data