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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB70Z
N250KB is a Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB70Z, a balloon with no engine, built in 2014. It has 14 seats. It is registered to Mars Leasing CO, a corporation in Phoenix, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 19, 2014 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 15, 2014.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Balony Kubicek Spol Sro
- Model
- BB70Z · all BB70Zs 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 Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB70 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
- 1061
- 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
- 14
- Year built
- 2014
- Transponder code
- A25861 (octal 50454141)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 19, 2014
- Expires
- June 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 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 · May 15, 2014
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01146023
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mars Leasing CO
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2243 e Rose Garden Loop
Phoenix, AZ 85024-4444
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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 N250KB links to the rest of the register
- Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB70 13 registered
- Balony Kubicek Spol Sro 228 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Mars Leasing CO 6 aircraft in the fleet
- Phoenix, AZ 994 aircraft registered in this town
- Mesa Gateway Airport · IWA
- Phoenix Deer Valley Airport · DVT
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International · PHX
- Arizona 8,423 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB70 1 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB70 14 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N250KB, 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 Mars Leasing CO, a corporation, certificate issued June 19, 2014, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 15, 2014, consistent with the 2014 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1061 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N250KB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Betchan Don KR II (serial D-002, cancelled August 11, 2007). 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 N250KB: Accident on June 7, 2004 at Rapid City, SD: minor injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Betchan KR II · operated under 091
Failure of the engine rocker arm installation resulting in a loss of engine power. A contributing factor was the power lines.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data