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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026
N3100L

Cameron Balloons Us O-90

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNew Mexico

N3100L is a Cameron Balloons Us O-90, a balloon with no engine, built in 2023. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 20, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 2, 2023.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cameron Balloons Us
Model
O-90 · all O-90s 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 Cameron Balloons Us O-90 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
6986
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
5
Year built
2023
Transponder code
A34934 (octal 50644464)

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 20, 2023
Expires
June 30, 2030
Last FAA action
July 6, 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 2, 2023
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01385967

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Larotonda Carol
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 14454
Albuquerque, NM 87191-4454

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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

2008-02-19Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-161 · exported to Australia · Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate
2004-07-06New Piper Aircraft Inc PA-34-220T · exported to Mexico · Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate
1977-03-16Cessna 310J · Valid registration

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N3100L, 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 Larotonda Carol, an individual, certificate issued June 20, 2023, expires June 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 2, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6986 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N3100L was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-161 (serial 2842297, cancelled February 19, 2008); New Piper Aircraft Inc PA-34-220T (serial 3449307, cancelled July 6, 2004); Cessna 310J (serial 310J-0100, cancelled March 16, 1977). 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 N3100L. 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 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data