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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N702VB

Ultramagic H-77

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOregon

N702VB is an Ultramagic H-77, a balloon with no engine, built in 2015. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Vista Balloon LLC, an LLC in Portland, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 23, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 16, 2015.

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Aircraft

Maker
Ultramagic
Model
H-77
Serial number
77/391
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
2015
Transponder code
A95DD9 (octal 52256731)

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 23, 2023
Expires
May 31, 2030
Last FAA action
August 5, 2024
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 · June 16, 2015
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01182790

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vista Balloon 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
12721 SE 23Rd Ave
Portland, OR 97222-7920

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Documents on file 0

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

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The public federal record on N702VB, 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 Vista Balloon LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 23, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 16, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 77/391 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N702VB according to the deregistered file. [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 N702VB. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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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

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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