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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026Ultramagic Sa N-300
N330LV is an Ultramagic Sa N-300, a balloon with no engine, built in 2018. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Vegas Balloon Rides (2021) LLC, an LLC in Las Vegas, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 30, 2021 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 11, 2018.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Ultramagic Sa
- Model
- N-300 · all N-300s 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 Ultramagic Sa N-300 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
- 300/78
- 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
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2018
- Transponder code
- A396DD (octal 50713335)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 30, 2021
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 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 · April 11, 2018
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01276092
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vegas Balloon Rides (2021) 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
- 4390 Polaris Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89103-4120
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N330LV links to the rest of the register
- Ultramagic Sa N-300 18 registered
- Ultramagic Sa 73 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Vegas Balloon Rides (2021) LLC 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Las Vegas, NV 1,133 aircraft registered in this town
- Harry Reid International · LAS
- Henderson Executive · HND
- North Las Vegas Airport · VGT
- Nevada 4,583 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Ultramagic Sa N-300 1 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Ultramagic Sa N-300 1 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N330LV, 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 Vegas Balloon Rides (2021) LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 30, 2021, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 11, 2018, consistent with the 2018 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 300/78 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N330LV according to the deregistered file. [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 N330LV: Accident on June 18, 2026 at Pahrump, NV: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ultramagic SA N-300 · operated under 091
On June 18, 2026, at 0645 mountain daylight time, an Ultramagic SA N-300 balloon, N330LV, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Pahrump, Nevada. The pilot and 2 passengers were seriously injured; 7 passengers sustained minor injuries. The balloon was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 sightseeing flight. The pilot reported that after completing a safety briefing to the 9 passengers, he launched the balloon at 0545 with calm wind, and expected to arrive at the intended destination, a dry lakebed, about 40 minutes later. The flight went as pla…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data