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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Aerostar International Inc RAVEN S49A
N6378E is an Aerostar International Inc RAVEN S49A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1992. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Tracy, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 6, 2006 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 5, 1992.
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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-3117
- 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
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1992
- Transponder code
- A85B32 (octal 52055462)
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 6, 2006
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 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 · May 5, 1992
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00513902
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lester David V
- 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
- 1533 Wall St
Tracy, CA 95376-3026
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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 N6378E 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
- Tracy, CA 64 aircraft registered in this town
- New Jerusalem Airport · 1Q4
- Tracy Municipal · TCY
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N6378E.json.
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The public federal record on N6378E, 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 Lester David V, an individual, certificate issued April 6, 2006, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 5, 1992, consistent with the 1992 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S49A-3117 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N6378E was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172 (serial 46478, cancelled June 23, 1970). 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 N6378E: Accident on April 18, 2009 at Tracy, CA: serious injuries, minor 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: Aerostar International INC RAVEN S49A · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the power lines.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data