Head 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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Head Balloons
- Model
- AX8-105 · all AX8-105s and related versions
- Serial number
- 449
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2017
- Transponder code
- A4AFEA (octal 51127752)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 31, 2017
- Expires
- March 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · January 18, 2017
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01243230
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sklute Kenneth L
- Type
- Individual
- 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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
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]
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 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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for IAD01LA046 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
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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data