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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Head Balloons Inc AX9-118
N5010R is a Head Balloons Inc AX9-118, a balloon with no engine, built in 2021. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Sunrise Fantasy Flights INC, a corporation in Tampa, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 7, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 21, 2021.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Head Balloons Inc
- Model
- AX9-118 · all AX9-118s 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 AX9 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
- 490
- 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
- 2021
- Transponder code
- A6400F (octal 51440017)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 7, 2021
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- July 1, 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 · May 21, 2021
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01342269
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sunrise Fantasy Flights INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 12094 Anderson Rd # 189
Tampa, FL 33625-5682
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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 2
Connections how N5010R links to the rest of the register
- Head Balloons Inc AX9 25 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
- Type certificate A29SO · held by Head Balloons INC
- Sunrise Fantasy Flights INC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Tampa, FL 416 aircraft registered in this town
- Tampa International · TPA
- Peter O Knight Airport · TPF
- Tampa Executive · VDF
- Tampa North Aero Park Airport · X39
- Florida 21,706 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Head Balloons Inc AX9 1 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Head Balloons Inc AX9 11 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N5010R, 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 Sunrise Fantasy Flights INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 7, 2021, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 21, 2021, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 490 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5010R was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Raytheon Aircraft Company B300 (serial FL-310, cancelled May 23, 2001); Cessna 172M (serial 17263251, cancelled December 21, 1984). 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 N5010R: Accident on April 25, 1984 at 5N 0Lin, IA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172M · operated under 091
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