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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Head Balloons Inc AX8-88
N50009 is a Head Balloons Inc AX8-88, a balloon with no engine, built in 2019. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Crestwood, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 9, 2019 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 14, 2019.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Head Balloons Inc
- Model
- AX8-88 · all AX8-88s 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 Inc 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
- 469
- 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
- 2019
- Transponder code
- A63C6A (octal 51436152)
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 9, 2019
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 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 · March 14, 2019
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01294274
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Steinbock Thomas C
- 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
- 7317 Sunset Ln
Crestwood, KY 40014-8923
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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 3
Connections how N50009 links to the rest of the register
- Head Balloons Inc AX8 116 registered
- Head Balloons Inc 197 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Crestwood, KY 20 aircraft registered in this town
- Kentucky 2,985 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Head Balloons Inc AX8 1 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Head Balloons Inc AX8 14 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N50009, 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 Steinbock Thomas C, an individual, certificate issued May 9, 2019, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated March 14, 2019, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 469 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N50009 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Cessna 172S (serial 172S10869, cancelled April 20, 2009); Cirrus Design Corp SR20 (serial 1555, cancelled September 30, 2005); Cessna 150H (serial 15069006, cancelled August 15, 2000). 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 N50009: Accident on September 1, 1998 at Kill Devil Hill, NC: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150H · operated under 091
Failure of the number one cylinder exhaust valve resulting in loss of engine power and a forced landing on unsuitable terrain at which time the aircraft nosed over.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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