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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Billy Billy Balloons BB-39
N270BB is a Billy Billy Balloons BB-39, a balloon with no engine, built in 2023. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Frisco, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 26, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated November 8, 2023.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Billy Billy Balloons
- Model
- BB-39 · all BB-39s 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 Billy Billy Balloons BB-39 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
- 005
- 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
- 2023
- Transponder code
- A2A697 (octal 50523227)
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 26, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 8, 2023
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01391575
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vesely Scott
- 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
- 7842 Whitehart St
Frisco, TX 75035-3162
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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 N270BB links to the rest of the register
- Billy Billy Balloons BB-39 9 registered
- Billy Billy Balloons 15 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Frisco, TX 594 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,966 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N270BB, 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 Vesely Scott, an individual, certificate issued May 26, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated November 8, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 005 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N270BB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mooney M20M (serial 27-0012, cancelled April 8, 2000). 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 N270BB: Accident on December 12, 1999 at Missoula, MT: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mooney M20-M · operated under 091
Engine failure for undetermined reasons. Factors include the lack of suitable terrain for an emergency landing, trees and mountainous terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data