Aerostar International Inc RX 8
N7059U is an Aerostar International Inc RX 8, a balloon with no engine, built in 1994. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Thornton, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 9, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated August 18, 1994.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International Inc
- Model
- RX 8 · all RX 8s and related versions
- Serial number
- RX8-3205
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1994
- Transponder code
- A96AC7 (octal 52265307)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 9, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- June 6, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · August 18, 1994
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00635082
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ness Todd S
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 5268 E 118Th Pl
Thornton, CO 80233-6417
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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 N7059U, 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 Ness Todd S, an individual, certificate issued May 9, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated August 18, 1994, consistent with the 1994 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial RX8-3205 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N7059U 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]
2 NTSB records under N7059U: Accident on June 8, 2013 at Arvada, CO: serious injuries, substantial damage. Incident on February 6, 1986 at Chicago, IL: minor injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerostar International INC RX 8 · operated under 091
The balloon's encounter with unforecast strong gusting wind, which resulted in a high-wind landing. Contributing to the accident was the National Weather Service's misjudgment of the timing and underestimation of the magnitude of the frontal boundary moving across the region.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 727-22 · operated under 121
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data