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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 9, 2026National Ballooning Ltd 858
N3049Y is a National Ballooning Ltd 858, a balloon with no engine, built in 2005. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Milford, New Jersey. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 2, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated August 26, 2005.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- National Ballooning Ltd
- Model
- 858 · all 858s 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 National Ballooning Ltd 858 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
- 154
- 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
- 2005
- Transponder code
- A331D8 (octal 50630730)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 2, 2024
- Expires
- April 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- April 2, 2024
- 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 26, 2005
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00192869
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Philkill Steven
- 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
- PO Box 298
Milford, NJ 08848-0298
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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 N3049Y links to the rest of the register
- National Ballooning Ltd 858 48 registered
- National Ballooning Ltd 55 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Milford, NJ 31 aircraft registered in this town
- New Jersey 3,017 aircraft registered
- Report filed on this aircraft: Brake Assy, failed · 2000-07-01
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The public federal record on N3049Y, 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 Philkill Steven, an individual, certificate issued April 2, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated August 26, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 154 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3049Y was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 182E (serial 18254049, cancelled June 18, 2002). 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 N3049Y: Accident on December 5, 2001 at Prescott, AZ: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182E · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to adequately deice the airplane prior to takeoff, which resulted in the airplane's degraded aerodynamic and climb performance capability, failure to maintain an adequate airspeed, and a stall/spin. Contributing factors were the pilot's incorrect weight and balance computations, and his use of an impairing over-the-counter medication.
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data