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N2335Y

Head Balloons Inc AX8-88

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWisconsin

N2335Y is a Head Balloons Inc AX8-88, a balloon with no engine, built in 2008. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Handcrafted Furniture Balloon Rides LLC, an LLC in Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 11, 2008 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated August 1, 2008.

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Aircraft

Maker
Head Balloons Inc
Model
AX8-88 · all AX8-88s and related versions
Built of
fabric and wicker
A 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
381
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
2008
Transponder code
A216C3 (octal 50413303)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 11, 2008
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 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 1, 2008
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01013053

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Handcrafted Furniture Balloon Rides 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
7761 River Rd
Lake Tomahawk, WI 54539-9473

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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

2001-10-19Raytheon Aircraft Company 1900D · exported to New Zealand · Valid registration
1994-10-27Piper PA-36-300 · exported to Brazil · Valid registration
1970-09-02Cessna 177 · Valid registration

Connections how N2335Y links to the rest of the register

Design
Owner
Place
  • Lake Tomahawk, WI 14 aircraft registered in this town
  • Wisconsin 6,164 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N2335Y, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Handcrafted Furniture Balloon Rides LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 11, 2008, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated August 1, 2008, consistent with the 2008 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 381 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N2335Y was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Raytheon Aircraft Company 1900D (serial UE-424, cancelled October 19, 2001); Piper PA-36-300 (serial 368160006, cancelled October 27, 1994); Cessna 177 (serial 17700135, cancelled September 2, 1970). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N2335Y. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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