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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Head Balloons Inc AX9-118
N3113T is a Head Balloons Inc AX9-118, a balloon with no engine, built in 2001. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Lynchburg, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 4, 2020 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated February 12, 2001.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Head Balloons Inc
- Model
- AX9-118 · all AX9-118s 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 Head Balloons Inc AX9 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
- 295
- 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
- 2001
- Transponder code
- A34D5B (octal 50646533)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 4, 2020
- Expires
- December 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 7, 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 · February 12, 2001
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00963754
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Turlington Jerry K
- 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
- 200 Cambridge Dr
Lynchburg, VA 24502-5806
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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 2
Connections how N3113T links to the rest of the register
- Head Balloons Inc AX9 25 registered
- Head Balloons Inc 197 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Type certificate A29SO · held by Head Balloons INC
- Lynchburg, VA 92 aircraft registered in this town
- Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Field · LYH
- Falwell Airport · W24
- Virginia 5,972 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Head Balloons Inc AX9 1 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Head Balloons Inc AX9 11 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N3113T, 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 Turlington Jerry K, an individual, certificate issued December 4, 2020, expires December 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated February 12, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 295 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3113T was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Beech F33A (serial CE1186, cancelled August 27, 1991); Cessna 177 (serial 17700413, cancelled April 21, 1975). 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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N3113T. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data