Head Balloons Inc AX8-88
N24233 is a Head Balloons Inc AX8-88, a balloon with no engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Grand Prairie, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 16, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated October 1, 2009.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Head Balloons Inc
- Model
- AX8-88 · all AX8-88s and related versions
- Serial number
- 390
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A23A4A (octal 50435112)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 16, 2021
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- July 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · October 1, 2009
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01042726
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Stefan Karl L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 3126 E Main St
Grand Prairie, TX 75050-4735
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N24233, 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 Stefan Karl L, an individual, certificate issued December 16, 2021, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 390 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N24233 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 152 (serial 15280163, cancelled March 9, 1989). 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 N24233: Accident on June 30, 1987 at Pacoima, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX87LA266 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