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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Head Balloons Inc AX8-88B
N40097 is a Head Balloons Inc AX8-88B, a balloon with no engine, built in 2015. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Frisco, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 21, 2015 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 20, 2015.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Head Balloons Inc
- Model
- AX8-88B · all AX8-88Bs 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 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
- 446
- 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
- 2015
- Transponder code
- A4B054 (octal 51130124)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 21, 2015
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 7, 2024
- 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 · March 20, 2015
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01175492
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vesely Scott
- 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
- 7842 Whitehart St
Frisco, TX 75035-3162
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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 2
Connections how N40097 links to the rest of the register
- Head Balloons Inc AX8 116 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
- Frisco, TX 585 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Head Balloons Inc AX8 1 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Head Balloons Inc AX8 14 supplemental type certificates
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N40097.json.
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The public federal record on N40097, 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 Vesely Scott, an individual, certificate issued April 21, 2015, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated March 20, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 446 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N40097 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Thrush Aircraft Inc S2RHG-T65 (serial T65HG-011, cancelled January 22, 2008); Wilson JUNGSTER IV (serial 4, cancelled August 21, 2001). 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 N40097: Accident on May 19, 2007 at Tyndall, SD: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Thrush Aircraft Inc. S2RHG-T65 · operated under 137
The pilot not maintaining altitude/clearance from a powerline while maneuvering. A factor was the low visibility associated with the thunderstorm and the powerlines.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data