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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Head Balloons AX8-105
N45124 is a Head Balloons AX8-105, a balloon with no engine, built in 1991. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Jacksonville, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 10, 1992 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated October 17, 1991.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Head Balloons
- Model
- AX8-105 · all AX8-105s 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 Head Balloons AX8 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
- 182
- 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
- 4
- Year built
- 1991
- Transponder code
- A5788E (octal 51274216)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 10, 1992
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 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 · October 17, 1991
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00353662
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vaughn Charles M DBA
- 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
- 2548 Parental Home Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32216 - Co-owners
- Balloon Man
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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 N45124 links to the rest of the register
- Head Balloons AX8 58 registered
- Head Balloons 58 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Jacksonville, FL 508 aircraft registered in this town
- Cecil Airport · VQQ
- Jacksonville Executive AT Craig · CRG
- Jacksonville International · JAX
- Herlong Recreational Airport · HEG
- Florida 21,706 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N45124.json.
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The public federal record on N45124, 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 Vaughn Charles M DBA, an individual, certificate issued February 10, 1992, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated October 17, 1991, consistent with the 1991 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 182 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N45124 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150M (serial 15076742, cancelled date not given). 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 N45124: Accident on July 20, 1993 at Jacksonville, FL: serious injuries. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Head Balloons, Inc. AX8-105 · operated under 091
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data