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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Cameron Balloons O-77
N5309Y is a Cameron Balloons O-77, a balloon with no engine, built in 2001. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Sterling, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 29, 2018 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated July 6, 2001.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cameron Balloons
- Model
- O-77 · all O-77s and related versions
- Built of
- fabric and wickerA hot-air balloon: a coated nylon envelope, stainless-steel cables, and a wicker or aluminium basket under a propane burner. This is how the Cameron Balloons O-77 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 6178
- Type
- BalloonFAA type of aircraft code 2 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · None NONE
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2001
- Cruising speed
- 60 mph
- Transponder code
- A6B417 (octal 51532027)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 29, 2018
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · BalloonFAA certificate purpose code B (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 6, 2001
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00447201
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Stodolski Mark D
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 6C Jill Ln
Sterling, MA 01564-2632
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
Connections how N5309Y links to the rest of the register
- Cameron Balloons O-77 9 registered
- Cameron Balloons 208 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Sterling, MA 24 aircraft registered in this town
- Sterling Airport · 3B3
- Massachusetts 2,645 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N5309Y, 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 Stodolski Mark D, an individual, certificate issued June 29, 2018, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated July 6, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6178 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5309Y was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-23-250 (serial 272382, cancelled August 26, 1994). 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]
1 NTSB record under N5309Y: Accident on September 20, 1993 at Spencer, IA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-23-250 · operated under 091
the pilot's to switch fuel tanks which resulted in fuel starvation. A factor related to the accident was the rough terrain on which the airplane was landed.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data