Andrew Philip Richardson Dba A55S
N4010K is an Andrew Philip Richardson Dba A55S, a balloon with no engine, built in 2017. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 30, 2017 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated August 10, 2017.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Andrew Philip Richardson Dba
- Model
- A55S · all A55Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 245
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2017
- Transponder code
- A4B2BA (octal 51131272)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 30, 2017
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · August 10, 2017
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01260337
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Adams Steven H
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 5312 Dee Dr NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111-1906
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N4010K, 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 Adams Steven H, an individual, certificate issued August 30, 2017, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated August 10, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 245 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4010K was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Eurocopter AS 350 BA (serial 2841, cancelled August 16, 2011); Raven Industries Inc. RALLY RX7 (serial RX7268, cancelled March 13, 1991). 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 N4010K: Accident on January 30, 2026 at Durango, CO: serious injuries. Incident on March 28, 2007 at Kahului, HI: no injuries, minor 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Adams Balloon A55S · operated under 091
The ground crewmember’s failure to immediately let go of the balloon after it began an inadvertent climb while landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN26LA108 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eurocopter AS 350 BA · operated under 135
The loss of tail rotor control due to wear damage to the pitch control input rod that resulted ultimately in the fatigue failure of the upper support yoke arm. Contributing factors were the improper maintenance inspection of the expansion pin assembly and the loose bushing in the lower support yoke arm.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX07IA115 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