Head Balloons Inc AX8-88
N4001B is a Head Balloons Inc AX8-88, a balloon with no engine, built in 2012. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Sautee, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 14, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated February 14, 2012.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Head Balloons Inc
- Model
- AX8-88 · all AX8-88s and related versions
- Serial number
- 418
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2012
- Transponder code
- A4AF1E (octal 51127436)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 14, 2023
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- February 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · February 14, 2012
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 01090885
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bristol David W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 323
Sautee, GA 30571-0323
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N4001B, 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 Bristol David W, an individual, certificate issued February 14, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated February 14, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 418 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4001B was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R22 MARINER (serial 1388M, cancelled March 22, 2000); Bellanca 17-31ATC (serial 7431103, cancelled date not given). 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]
2 NTSB records under N4001B: Accident on September 23, 1994 at Chico, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 16, 1984 at Antigo, WI: no injuries, destroyed. Details below. [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.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R-22 · operated under 091
the student pilot's improper use of the flight controls. The student pilot's lack of experience in the helicopter is a factor in this accident.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX94LA374 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 17-31ATC · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI84LA349 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data