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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 9, 2026Head Balloons Inc AX8-88
N2136F is a Head Balloons Inc AX8-88, a balloon with no engine, built in 2010. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Knoxville, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 25, 2010 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated February 8, 2010.
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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
- 395
- 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
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2010
- Transponder code
- A1C7D7 (octal 50343727)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 25, 2010
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 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 · February 8, 2010
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01049076
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bickers Donald S
- 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
- 1301 Tarklin Valley Rd
Knoxville, TN 37920-9402
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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 N2136F 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
- Knoxville, TN 385 aircraft registered in this town
- MC Ghee Tyson Airport · TYS
- Knoxville Downtown Island Airport · DKX
- Tennessee 6,533 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 N2136F, 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 Bickers Donald S, an individual, certificate issued March 25, 2010, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated February 8, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 395 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2136F was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Shank A J KITFOX MODEL 2 (serial 385, cancelled October 18, 2001); Cessna U206 (serial U2060336, cancelled January 18, 1965); Piper PA-28-181 (serial 287990189, cancelled date not given). 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 N2136F: Accident on August 28, 2001 at Battle Ground, WA: serious injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Shank Kitfox Model II · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during climbout.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 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 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data