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N4102T

Cameron Balloons Us O-90

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMassachusetts

N4102T is a Cameron Balloons Us O-90, a balloon with no engine, built in 1997. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lowell, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 20, 1997 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 28, 1997.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cameron Balloons Us
Model
O-90 · all O-90s and related versions
Built of
fabric and wicker
A 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
6104
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
1997
Transponder code
A4D6D0 (octal 51153320)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 20, 1997
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 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 · May 28, 1997
FAA region
New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00036441

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sachenbacher Rud
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
527 Pawtucket Blvd Ph 5
Lowell, MA 01854-2038

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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

1989-12-11Piper PA-31-325 · N-number assigned but not yet registered
—Cessna 320D · Valid registration

Connections how N4102T links to the rest of the register

Design
Place
  • Lowell, MA 7 aircraft registered in this town
  • Massachusetts 2,646 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N4102T, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Sachenbacher Rud, an individual, certificate issued August 20, 1997, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 28, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6104 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N4102T was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-31-325 (serial 318212007, cancelled December 11, 1989); Cessna 320D (serial 320D0002, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N4102T. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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