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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Cameron Balloons Z-90
N65005 is a Cameron Balloons Z-90, a balloon with no engine, built in 2010. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Embraceable Blue LLC, an LLC in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 24, 2012 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 5, 2010.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cameron Balloons
- Model
- Z-90 · all Z-90s 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 Cameron Balloons Z-90 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
- 6577
- 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
- 2010
- Transponder code
- A88F30 (octal 52107460)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 24, 2012
- 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 · March 5, 2010
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01045296
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Embraceable Blue LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1944 Cerros Colorados
Santa Fe, NM 87501-8334
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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 N65005 links to the rest of the register
- Cameron Balloons Z-90 69 registered
- Cameron Balloons 208 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Embraceable Blue LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Santa Fe, NM 158 aircraft registered in this town
- Santa FE Regional · SAF
- New Mexico 3,111 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N65005.json.
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The public federal record on N65005, 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 Embraceable Blue LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 24, 2012, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated March 5, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6577 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N65005 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 172P (serial 17275667, cancelled February 1, 2006); Boeing B75N1 (serial 75-6909, cancelled August 18, 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 N65005: Accident on February 18, 2003 at Santa Susana, CA: serious injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · operated under 091
The flight instructor's inadequate in-flight decision to cross mountainous terrain at a inadequate altitude to guarantee terrain clearance.
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data