Aerostar International Inc RX 8
N5289Y is an Aerostar International Inc RX 8, a balloon with no engine, built in 2001. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Plain City, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 16, 2001 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 29, 2001.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International Inc
- Model
- RX 8 · all RX 8s and related versions
- Serial number
- RX8-3342
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2001
- Transponder code
- A6AA50 (octal 51525120)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 16, 2001
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · March 29, 2001
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00953704
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gingerich Joseph
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 9910 Plain City Georgesville Rd N
Plain City, OH 43064-9121
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N5289Y, 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 Gingerich Joseph, an individual, certificate issued June 16, 2001, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated March 29, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial RX8-3342 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5289Y was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna T210N (serial 21064153, cancelled November 10, 1992). 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 N5289Y: Accident on January 14, 1989 at Florence, SC: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 3, 1983 at Orla, TX: 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: Cessna T210N · operated under 091
THE FAILURE OF MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL TO PROPERLY TORQUE THE THRU BOLTS DURING NUMBER 2 CYLINDER INSTALLATION. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE TERRAIN FEATURES WHICH LED TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR DURING LANDING.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL89LA074 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna T210N · operated under 135
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW83LA075 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