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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026Cameron Balloons Us A-400
N65573 is a Cameron Balloons Us A-400, a balloon with no engine, built in 2013. It has 12 seats. It is registered to Napa Valley Balloons INC, a corporation in Napa, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 1, 2013 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 10, 2013.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cameron Balloons Us
- Model
- A-400 · all A-400s 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 Us A-400 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
- 6711
- 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
- 12
- Year built
- 2013
- Transponder code
- A8A2B6 (octal 52121266)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 1, 2013
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 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 · September 10, 2013
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01130971
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Napa Valley Balloons 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
- 4086 Byway e
Napa, CA 94558-2289
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N65573 links to the rest of the register
- Cameron Balloons Us A-400 7 registered
- Cameron Balloons Us 715 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Napa Valley Balloons INC 6 aircraft in the fleet
- Napa, CA 150 aircraft registered in this town
- Napa County · APC
- California 28,279 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cameron Balloons Us A-400 1 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Cameron Balloons Us A-400 3 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N65573, 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 Napa Valley Balloons INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 1, 2013, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated September 10, 2013, consistent with the 2013 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6711 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N65573 according to the deregistered file. [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 N65573: Accident on September 19, 2026 at Angwin, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cameron Balloons US A-400 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data