Aerostar International Inc RX 8
N5161Y is an Aerostar International Inc RX 8, a balloon with no engine, built in 1999. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Smithfield, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 2, 2019 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 23, 1999.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International Inc
- Model
- RX 8 · all RX 8s and related versions
- Serial number
- RX8-3318
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1999
- Transponder code
- A67A4B (octal 51475113)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 2, 2019
- Expires
- October 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 9, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · June 23, 1999
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00035802
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Favero Marcus F
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 11062 Park Pl
Smithfield, VA 23430-5740
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N5161Y, 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 Favero Marcus F, an individual, certificate issued October 2, 2019, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 23, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial RX8-3318 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5161Y was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna T210N (serial 21064102, cancelled March 1, 1996). 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]
2 NTSB records under N5161Y: Accident on October 2, 2016 at Albuquerque, NM: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 8, 2005 at Globe, AZ: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerostar RX-8 · operated under 091
The pilot's improperly planned landing, which resulted in a strike with power lines.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN17CA013 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerostar RX-8 · operated under 091
the pilot's encounter with a wind gust during landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX06CA012 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
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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data