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N6348Z

Aerostar International Inc RAVEN S49A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMichigan

N6348Z is an Aerostar International Inc RAVEN S49A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1991. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Waterford, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 13, 1997 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 18, 1991.

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Aircraft

Maker
Aerostar International Inc
Model
RAVEN S49A · all RAVEN S49As and related versions
Built of
fabric and wicker
A 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 RAVEN S49A 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
S49A-3061
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
A85020 (octal 52050040)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 13, 1997
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 23, 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 · June 18, 1991
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00985501

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Warren Alan W
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
1081 Crescent Lake Rd
Waterford, MI 48327-2409

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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 2

1982-02-09Cessna U206G · exported to Australia · Valid registration
1961-03-01Piper PA-25 · exported to Colombia · Valid registration

Connections how N6348Z links to the rest of the register

Design
Place
  • Waterford, MI 167 aircraft registered in this town
  • Michigan 7,225 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N6348Z, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Warren Alan W, an individual, certificate issued November 13, 1997, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 18, 1991, consistent with the 1991 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S49A-3061 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N6348Z was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna U206G (serial U20606247, cancelled February 9, 1982); Piper PA-25 (serial 25-460, cancelled March 1, 1961). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N6348Z. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data