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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026Head Balloons AX8-105
N40066 is a Head Balloons AX8-105, a balloon with no engine, built in 2017. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Florence, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 31, 2017 and expires on March 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated January 18, 2017.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Head Balloons
- Model
- AX8-105 · all AX8-105s 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 AX8 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
- 449
- 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
- 4
- Year built
- 2017
- Transponder code
- A4AFEA (octal 51127752)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 31, 2017
- Expires
- March 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 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 · January 18, 2017
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01243230
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sklute Kenneth L
- 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
- 9941 e Cotton Rd
Florence, AZ 85132-7395
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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 N40066 links to the rest of the register
- Head Balloons AX8 58 registered
- Head Balloons 58 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Florence, AZ 16 aircraft registered in this town
- Arizona 8,415 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N40066, 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 Sklute Kenneth L, an individual, certificate issued March 31, 2017, expires March 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated January 18, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 449 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N40066 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-32R-300 (serial 32R-7780514, cancelled February 24, 2009). 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 N40066: Accident on April 22, 2001 at King George, VA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32R-300 · operated under 091
The failure of cylinder case and thru studs due to fatigue, which resulted in a loss of engine power over unsuitable terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data