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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N5037G

Avian Balloon SKYHAWK

PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codesWashington

N5037G is an Avian Balloon SKYHAWK, a balloon with no engine, built in 1994. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Spokane, Washington. The FAA lists the registration as "registration pending". It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated August 24, 1994.

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Aircraft

Maker
Avian Balloon
Model
SKYHAWK · all SKYHAWKs and related versions
Built of
fabric and wicker
A hot-air balloon: a coated nylon envelope, stainless-steel cables, and a wicker or aluminium basket under a propane burner. This is how the Avian Balloon SKYHAWK 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
183
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
1994
Transponder code
A64869 (octal 51444151)

Registration

Status
Registration pendingFAA registration status code R (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
—
Expires
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Last FAA action
September 19, 2026
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 · August 24, 1994
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00145102

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Registration Pending
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
124 W 16Th Ave
Spokane, WA 99203-2121

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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

1988-12-12Bellanca 7KCAB · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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The public federal record on N5037G, 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.

ATTENTIONRegistration and identity

Registration status is "Registration pending". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated August 24, 1994, consistent with the 1994 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 183 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N5037G was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bellanca 7KCAB (serial 59980, cancelled December 12, 1988). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N5037G: Accident on February 9, 1984 at Riverside, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

LAX84FUG01Accident on February 9, 1984 at Riverside, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 599-80

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 8KCAB · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data