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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026Aerostar International AEROSTAR S53H
N5074Y is an Aerostar International AEROSTAR S53H, a balloon with no engine, built in 2003. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 2, 2003 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 30, 2003.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International
- Model
- AEROSTAR S53H
- Serial number
- S53H-3008
- 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
- A656EC (octal 51453354)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 2, 2003
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 4, 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 · April 30, 2003
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00045649
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wong Dale
- 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
- 12901 Cherokee Rd
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739-1725
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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 N5074Y links to the rest of the register
- Aerostar International 5 aircraft on the register
- Rancho Cucamonga, CA 81 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,761 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N5074Y, 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 Wong Dale, an individual, certificate issued June 2, 2003, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 30, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S53H-3008 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5074Y was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-23-250 (serial 27-2091, cancelled January 4, 1968). 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 N5074Y: Accident on September 27, 1992 at Waynesville, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305A · operated under 091
THE CHAFFING OF A LANDING GEAR BRAKE LINE WHICH CAUSED THE LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF BRAKING ACTION.
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