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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026Cameron Balloons Us O-90
N4066X is a Cameron Balloons Us O-90, a balloon with no engine, built in 1999. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Alpha, New Jersey. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 20, 1999 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 8, 1999.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cameron Balloons Us
- Model
- O-90 · all O-90s 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 Cameron Balloons Us O-90 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
- 6216
- 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
- 5
- Year built
- 1999
- Transponder code
- A4C62B (octal 51143053)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 20, 1999
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 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 · June 8, 1999
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00385672
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Long John
- 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
- 1221 5Th Ave
Alpha, NJ 08865-4718
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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 1
Connections how N4066X links to the rest of the register
- Cameron Balloons Us O-90 26 registered
- Cameron Balloons Us 715 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Alpha, NJ 6 aircraft registered in this town
- New Jersey 3,019 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Cameron Balloons Us O-90 2 supplemental type certificates
- Report filed on this aircraft: Windshield, departed · 1995-08-11
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N4066X.json.
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The public federal record on N4066X, 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 Long John, an individual, certificate issued July 20, 1999, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 8, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6216 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4066X was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aero Commander 100-180 (serial 5166, cancelled December 7, 1995). 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 N4066X: Accident on October 30, 2005 at Bethlehem Twp., NJ: serious injuries. Accident on August 11, 1995 at Ocracoke, NC: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cameron Balloons O-90 · operated under 091
The ground crewmember's inadvertent entanglement in the balloon's vent lines.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aero Commander 100-180 · operated under 135
A SHATTERED WINDSHIELD WHICH PRECLUDED MAINTAINING LEVEL FLIGHT DUE TO INCREASED AERODYNAMIC DRAG.
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
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, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data