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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 9, 2026Head Balloons Inc AX9-118
N4006K is a Head Balloons Inc AX9-118, a balloon with no engine, built in 2014. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Sunkiss Ballooning LLC, an LLC in Queensbury, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 17, 2014 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 1, 2014.
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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
- 425
- 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
- 2014
- Transponder code
- A4AFD5 (octal 51127725)
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 17, 2014
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- October 14, 2025
- 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 · June 1, 2014
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01125622
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sunkiss Ballooning 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
- 31 High Pointe Dr
Queensbury, NY 12804-6217
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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 N4006K 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
- Sunkiss Ballooning LLC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Queensbury, NY 50 aircraft registered in this town
- New York 6,659 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 N4006K, 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 Sunkiss Ballooning LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 17, 2014, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 1, 2014, consistent with the 2014 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 425 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4006K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Ayres Corporation S-2R (serial 2501R, cancelled January 6, 1997). 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 N4006K: Accident on June 14, 1996 at Oracle, AZ: minor injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ayres S2R · operated under 137
the pilot's improper decision to turn toward rising terrain, without releasing or jettisoning the load of fire retardant, while maneuvering at slow airspeed, which resulted in a stall/mush and collision with the terrain. Factors relating to the accident were: the proximity of rising terrain, and high density altitude.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 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 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data