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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Adams Balloon A B
N4022K is an Adams Balloon A B, a balloon with no engine, built in 1983. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Bmg Aviation INC, a corporation in Bloomington, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 7, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated August 16, 1983.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Adams Balloon
- Model
- A B · all A Bs 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 Adams Balloon A B 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
- 127
- 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
- 1983
- Transponder code
- A4B6B7 (octal 51133267)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 7, 2014
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- 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 · August 16, 1983
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00791044
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bmg Aviation INC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 952 S Kirby Rd
Bloomington, IN 47403-9392
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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 N4022K links to the rest of the register
- Adams Balloon A B 6 registered
- Adams Balloon 80 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 A15SO · held by Adams Aerostats LLC
- Bmg Aviation INC 6 aircraft in the fleet
- Bloomington, IN 99 aircraft registered in this town
- Monroe County · BMG
- Lake Monroe Seaplane Base · 07I
- Indiana 5,700 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N4022K, 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 Bmg Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 7, 2014, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated August 16, 1983, consistent with the 1983 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 127 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4022K was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Ayres Corporation S2R-T15 (serial T15-014, cancelled April 6, 1981); North American NAVION A (serial NAV-4-1022, cancelled June 8, 1972). 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 N4022K: Accident on October 8, 1983 at Wyoming, MI: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Adams AB · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data