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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Aerostar International Inc S81A
N5069B is an Aerostar International Inc S81A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2003. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Flying Circus INC, a corporation in Custer, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 9, 2015 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 11, 2003.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International Inc
- Model
- S81A
- Serial number
- S81A-3016
- 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
- 2003
- Transponder code
- A653CF (octal 51451717)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 9, 2015
- Expires
- November 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 23, 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 · June 11, 2003
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00030499
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Flying Circus 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
- PO Box 210
Custer, SD 57730-0210
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N5069B links to the rest of the register
- Aerostar International Inc 825 aircraft on the register
- Flying Circus INC 6 aircraft in the fleet
- Custer, SD 44 aircraft registered in this town
- Custer County · CUT
- South Dakota 2,273 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N5069B, 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 Flying Circus INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 9, 2015, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 11, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S81A-3016 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5069B 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]
1 NTSB record under N5069B: Accident on July 17, 2007 at Custer, SD: serious injuries. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerostar International Inc. S81A · operated under 091
The high wind during landing. Contributing to the accident was the encounter with adverse weather during the flight.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data