Aerostar International Inc RX 8
N5294Q is an Aerostar International Inc RX 8, a balloon with no engine, built in 2001. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Skyline Hot Air Balloons LLC, an LLC in Fishers, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 7, 2016 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 1, 2001.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International Inc
- Model
- RX 8 · all RX 8s and related versions
- Serial number
- RX8-3347
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2001
- Transponder code
- A6AD50 (octal 51526520)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 7, 2016
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · June 1, 2001
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00873884
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Skyline Hot Air Balloons LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 11807 Allisonville Rd # 224
Fishers, IN 46038-2313
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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 N5294Q, 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 Skyline Hot Air Balloons LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 7, 2016, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 1, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial RX8-3347 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5294Q was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150L (serial 15073194, cancelled February 2, 1995). 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 N5294Q: Accident on October 10, 2015 at Albuquerque, NM: serious injuries. Accident on April 8, 1992 at Ione, WA: serious injuries, destroyed. 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 RX8 · operated under 091
The pilot's delay in deflating the balloon envelope completely after landing, which resulted in a loss of control due to a wind gust.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN16LA030 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150L · operated under 091
AN INADVERTENT STALL AS A RESULT OF THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO RAISE THE FLAPS DURING A GO-AROUND.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA92LA065 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