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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026Cameron Balloons ZL-56
N4018P is a Cameron Balloons ZL-56, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 9, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cameron Balloons
- Model
- ZL-56
- Serial number
- 6469
- 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
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A4B3D6 (octal 51131726)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 9, 2024
- Expires
- October 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- October 9, 2024
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00285919
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Byer Ryan N
- 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
- 6123 Goldenseal Ct NW
Albuquerque, NM 87120-5431
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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 N4018P links to the rest of the register
- Cameron Balloons 208 aircraft on the register
- Albuquerque, NM 1,181 aircraft registered in this town
- Albuquerque International Sunport · ABQ
- Double Eagle II Airport · AEG
- New Mexico 3,114 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N4018P.json.
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The public federal record on N4018P, 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 Byer Ryan N, an individual, certificate issued October 9, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6469 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4018P was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 210N (serial 21063981, cancelled November 25, 2002); Piper PA-23 (serial 23-1493, cancelled December 10, 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 N4018P: Accident on April 28, 2000 at Buckeye, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ayres S2R-600 · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. A factor in the accident was the uneven runway surface.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data