Head Balloons Inc AX8-88
N4013Z is a Head Balloons Inc AX8-88, a balloon with no engine, built in 2017. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Rapid City, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 21, 2017 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 14, 2017.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Head Balloons Inc
- Model
- AX8-88 · all AX8-88s and related versions
- Serial number
- 461
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2017
- Transponder code
- A4B331 (octal 51131461)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 21, 2017
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · June 14, 2017
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 01256355
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kross Robert C
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1165 Haakon St
Rapid City, SD 57703-7015
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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 N4013Z, 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 Kross Robert C, an individual, certificate issued August 21, 2017, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 14, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 461 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4013Z was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Ayres Corporation S2R-R3S (serial R3S-002, cancelled November 12, 2008); Piper PA-18-150 (serial 18-7938, cancelled May 21, 1963). 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 N4013Z: Accident on October 15, 2003 at Midland, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ayres · operated under 137
A loss of engine power due to a ruptured oil line. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain available for the forced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW04LA009 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data