Aerostar International Inc RX 8
N5315M is an Aerostar International Inc RX 8, a balloon with no engine, built in 2002. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Cedar Crest, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 12, 2002 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 8, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International Inc
- Model
- RX 8 · all RX 8s and related versions
- Serial number
- RX8-3355
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A6B737 (octal 51533467)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 12, 2002
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · May 8, 2002
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00904147
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Despres Denise
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2 Corte De Canoncito
Cedar Crest, NM 87008-9420
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear
The public federal record on N5315M, 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 Despres Denise, an individual, certificate issued June 12, 2002, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 8, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial RX8-3355 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5315M 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]
2 NTSB records under N5315M: Accident on October 6, 2025 at Albuquerque, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 9, 2007 at Albuquerque, NM: no 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: Aerostar International INC RX 8 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a power line during a descent for landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR26LA021 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerostar RX 8 · operated under 091
The pilot's inability to maintain aircraft control due to high winds, resulting in the aircraft coming in contact with an arroyo and a wall in a residential area.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN08LA007 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