Ultramagic S A N-500
N500UM is an Ultramagic S A N-500, a balloon with no engine, built in 2019. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Randy Long Companies LLC, an LLC in Scottsdale, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 15, 2019 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 2, 2019.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Ultramagic S A
- Model
- N-500
- Serial number
- 500/18
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2019
- Transponder code
- A63BBE (octal 51435676)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 15, 2019
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · April 2, 2019
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01288022
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Randy Long Companies LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 27231 N 71St Pl
Scottsdale, AZ 85266-8837
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N500UM, 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 Randy Long Companies LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 15, 2019, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 2, 2019, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 500/18 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N500UM according to the deregistered file. [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]
2 NTSB records under N500UM: Accident on May 2, 2021 at Phoenix, AZ: serious injuries, minor damage. Accident on September 18, 2020 at Peoria, AZ: serious injuries. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ultramagic S A N-500 · operated under 091
The pilot’s inability to maintain control after the balloon's encounter with an unexpected wind gust, which resulted in a collision with a tree.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR21LA191 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ultramagic N500 · operated under 091
The balloon's encounter with unexpected windshear, which resulted in a hard landing and serious passenger injuries.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR20LA333 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data