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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Aerostar International Inc RX 8
N6339G is an Aerostar International Inc RX 8, a balloon with no engine, built in 1991. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Longview, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 25, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated July 25, 1991.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International Inc
- Model
- RX 8 · all RX 8s 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 Aerostar International Inc RX 8 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
- RX8-3118
- 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
- 1
- Year built
- 1991
- Transponder code
- A84C7B (octal 52046173)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 25, 2024
- Expires
- April 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- April 25, 2024
- 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 25, 1991
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00825551
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gowing Glyn T
- 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
- 501 W Terrace Dr
Longview, TX 75601-3826
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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
Connections how N6339G links to the rest of the register
- Aerostar International Inc RX 8 213 registered
- Aerostar International Inc 825 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Longview, TX 198 aircraft registered in this town
- East Texas Regional · GGG
- Texas 29,966 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Aerostar International Inc RX 8 3 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Aerostar International Inc RX 8 11 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N6339G, 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 Gowing Glyn T, an individual, certificate issued April 25, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated July 25, 1991, consistent with the 1991 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial RX8-3118 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N6339G was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150K (serial 15071839, cancelled date not given). 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 N6339G: Accident on August 19, 2005 at Denton, TX: serious injuries. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerostar International RX-8 · operated under 091
The passenger's failure to follow landing instructions, which resulted in serious injury. A contributing factor was the high wind.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data