N5253Y is not currently registered. It was last assigned to an Aerostar International Inc S-55A built in 2000. The FAA cancelled the registration on July 18, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Aerostar International Inc S-55A cancelled July 18, 2017
- Serial number
- S55A-3082
- Type
- Balloon · None
- Year built
- 2000
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- October 31, 2005
- Last FAA action
- November 18, 2008
- Last owner
- Roberts Steve W JR (Individual)
Sebring, FL - Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon
Piper PA-23-250 cancelled September 2, 1965
- Serial number
- 27-2313
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 16, 1965
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- New Havne Airways INC (Corporation)
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N5253Y
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerostar S-55A · serial S55A-3082
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the transmission wires during landing and his decision to jump from the balloon. A factor to the accident was the power transmission lines.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site