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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Cameron Balloons Us Z-120
N3101N is a Cameron Balloons Us Z-120, a balloon with no engine, built in 2025. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Airborne Ads LLC, an LLC in Highland, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 18, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated August 7, 2025.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cameron Balloons Us
- Model
- Z-120
- Serial number
- 7018
- 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
- 2025
- Transponder code
- A34959 (octal 50644531)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 18, 2025
- Expires
- October 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- October 18, 2025
- 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 7, 2025
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01477804
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Airborne Ads LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 659 Iverness
Highland, MI 48357-4774
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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 N3101N links to the rest of the register
- Cameron Balloons Us 715 aircraft on the register
- Type certificate B3GL · held by Cameron Balloons US
- Airborne Ads LLC 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Highland, MI 14 aircraft registered in this town
- Ponderosa Heliport · 13D
- Michigan 7,226 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N3101N, 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 Airborne Ads LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 18, 2025, expires October 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated August 7, 2025, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7018 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3101N was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 120 (serial 13359, cancelled April 27, 2012). 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 N3101N: Accident on September 24, 2011 at Cordele, GA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 120 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
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