Aerostar International Inc S-49A
N52098 is an Aerostar International Inc S-49A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1999. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Abilene, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 26, 2000 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 27, 1999.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International Inc
- Model
- S-49A · all S-49As and related versions
- Serial number
- S49A-3214
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1999
- Transponder code
- A68CA2 (octal 51506242)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 26, 2000
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · September 27, 1999
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00055982
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Fournier Douglas J J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1546 N 5Th St
Abilene, TX 79601-4928
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N52098, 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 Fournier Douglas J J, an individual, certificate issued April 26, 2000, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated September 27, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S49A-3214 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N52098 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 N52098: Accident on August 11, 1990 at Soldotna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 180 · operated under 091
LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION CAUSED BY INFLIGHT SIPHONING OF FUEL.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC90LA139 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data