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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026Aerostar International AEROSTAR S53H
N5001J is an Aerostar International AEROSTAR S53H, a balloon with no engine, built in 2002. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Spencer, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 5, 2008 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 30, 2002.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International
- Model
- AEROSTAR S53H
- Serial number
- S53H-3004
- 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
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A63C74 (octal 51436164)
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 5, 2008
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 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 · September 30, 2002
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00021349
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sielis James A
- Type
- Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 80 Greenville St
Spencer, MA 01562-2744 - Co-owners
- Chaffe Richard A
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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 N5001J links to the rest of the register
- Aerostar International 5 aircraft on the register
- Spencer, MA 3 aircraft registered in this town
- Spencer Airport · 60M
- Massachusetts 2,647 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N5001J.json.
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The public federal record on N5001J, 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 Sielis James A, a co-owned, certificate issued February 5, 2008, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated September 30, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S53H-3004 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5001J was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 310R (serial 310R0125, cancelled March 24, 1975). 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 N5001J: Accident on July 8, 2004 at Sioux Falls, SD: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerostar S53H · operated under 091
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area for the balloon and his failure to maintain clearance with the transmission line. A contributing factor was the presence of the transmission line.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data