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N4508B, a Cameron Balloons Us Z-77
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N4508B

Cameron Balloons Us Z-77

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNew Mexico

N4508B is a Cameron Balloons Us Z-77, a balloon with no engine, built in 2003. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 18, 2026 and expires on January 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 1, 2003.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cameron Balloons Us
Model
Z-77 · all Z-77s 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 Z-77 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
6327
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
2003
Transponder code
A5758E (octal 51272616)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 18, 2026
Expires
January 31, 2033
Last FAA action
January 18, 2026
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 1, 2003
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00015289

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kim Frank
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
1604 Corte Cordillera SE
Rio Rancho, NM 87124-8802

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 2

1977-08-25Cessna 305A · Valid registration
1957-01-07Cessna 180 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

Connections how N4508B links to the rest of the register

Design
Place
  • Rio Rancho, NM 120 aircraft registered in this town
  • New Mexico 3,108 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N4508B.json.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N4508B, 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 Kim Frank, an individual, certificate issued January 18, 2026, expires January 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 1, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6327 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N4508B was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 305A (serial 22277, cancelled August 25, 1977); Cessna 180 (serial 31407, cancelled January 7, 1957). 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 N4508B. 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

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

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 October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data