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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 28, 2026Aerostar International Inc RAVEN S49A
N63648 is an Aerostar International Inc RAVEN S49A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1991. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Muncie, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 7, 2004 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated November 5, 1991.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International Inc
- Model
- RAVEN S49A · all RAVEN S49As 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 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-3095
- 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
- A8570B (octal 52053413)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 7, 2004
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 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 · November 5, 1991
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00563702
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ruster Harold S
- Type
- Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 12000 S County Road 200 e
Muncie, IN 47302-8521 - Co-owners
- Ruster Nancy A
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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
Connections how N63648 links to the rest of the register
- Aerostar International Inc RAVEN S49A 89 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
- Muncie, IN 45 aircraft registered in this town
- Delaware County Regional · MIE
- Reese Airport · 7I2
- Indiana 5,694 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N63648, 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 Ruster Harold S, a co-owned, certificate issued October 7, 2004, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated November 5, 1991, consistent with the 1991 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S49A-3095 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N63648 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 172P (serial 17275461, cancelled April 29, 1988); Convair BT-13 (serial 5710, cancelled February 2, 1971). 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 N63648: Accident on October 19, 1982 at Hutchinson, KS: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172PII · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data