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N6503K

Cameron Balloons Us Z-105

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesKentucky

N6503K is a Cameron Balloons Us Z-105, a balloon with no engine, built in 2009. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Bardstown, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 26, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated November 6, 2009.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cameron Balloons Us
Model
Z-105 · all Z-105s 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 Cameron Balloons Us Z-105 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
6573
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
2009
Transponder code
A88F85 (octal 52107605)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
March 26, 2026
Expires
March 31, 2033
Last FAA action
March 26, 2026
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 6, 2009
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01041572

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Dailey Patrick J
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
142 Whitney Dr
Bardstown, KY 40004-9033

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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

2005-08-19Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B · exported to France · Valid registration
1954-03-23Republic RC-3 · Valid registration

Connections how N6503K links to the rest of the register

Design
Place
  • Bardstown, KY 29 aircraft registered in this town
  • Samuels Field · BRY
  • Kentucky 2,985 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N6503K, 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 Dailey Patrick J, an individual, certificate issued March 26, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated November 6, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6573 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N6503K was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B (serial 342B, cancelled August 19, 2005); Republic RC-3 (serial 769, cancelled March 23, 1954). 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 N6503K. 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

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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 October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data