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N6539P, a Cameron Balloons Us A-275
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N6539P

Cameron Balloons Us A-275

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIdaho

N6539P is a Cameron Balloons Us A-275, a balloon with no engine, built in 2012. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Aeronautical Adventures INC, a corporation in Eagle, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 10, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated February 27, 2012.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cameron Balloons Us
Model
A-275 · all A-275s 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 A-275 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
6644
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
2012
Transponder code
A89B80 (octal 52115600)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 10, 2023
Expires
May 31, 2030
Last FAA action
May 10, 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 · February 27, 2012
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01078747

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Aeronautical Adventures INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1297 N Chaucer Way
Eagle, ID 83616-3543

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 2

2006-08-07Cessna P210N · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1962-01-26Piper PA-24-250 · Valid registration

Connections how N6539P links to the rest of the register

Design
Owner
Place
  • Eagle, ID 91 aircraft registered in this town
  • Idaho 4,199 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N6539P.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N6539P, 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 Aeronautical Adventures INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 10, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated February 27, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6644 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N6539P was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna P210N (serial P21000188, cancelled August 7, 2006); Piper PA-24-250 (serial 24-1661, cancelled January 26, 1962). 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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N6539P: Accident on November 12, 2004 at Paint Lick, KY: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [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.

NTSB records 1

IAD05FA012Accident on November 12, 2004 at Paint Lick, KY: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).serial on NTSB record: P21000188

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna P210 · operated under 091

Improper alignment of a turbocharger oil line, which resulted in wear damage through the hose wall and a subsequent loss of engine oil. Contributing to the accident was the low cloud ceiling.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 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 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data