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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 9, 2026Cameron Balloons ZL-60
N22524 is a Cameron Balloons ZL-60, a balloon with no engine, built in 2009. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Reichert Aviation Enterprises LLC, an LLC in El Cajon, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 20, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated August 24, 2009.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cameron Balloons
- Model
- ZL-60 · all ZL-60s 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 ZL-60 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
- 6562
- 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
- 1
- Year built
- 2009
- Transponder code
- A1F64F (octal 50373117)
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 20, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 20, 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 · August 24, 2009
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01037780
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Reichert Aviation Enterprises LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 9111 Sierra Alta Way
El Cajon, CA 92021-2117
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
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 N22524 links to the rest of the register
- Cameron Balloons ZL-60 8 registered
- Cameron Balloons 208 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Reichert Aviation Enterprises LLC 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
- El Cajon, CA 195 aircraft registered in this town
- California 28,112 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cameron Balloons ZL-60 1 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Cameron Balloons ZL-60 6 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N22524, 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 Reichert Aviation Enterprises LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 20, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated August 24, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6562 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N22524 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A (serial 1Z020-28, cancelled January 20, 2005); Cessna 150H (serial 15068335, cancelled August 11, 1971); Stinson HW75 (serial 7100, cancelled August 13, 1940). 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 N22524: Accident on April 28, 1999 at Hickory Ridge, AR: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to maintain minimum required airspeed for flight, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.
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
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, November 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data