Aerostar International Inc RX 8
N7148B is an Aerostar International Inc RX 8, a balloon with no engine, built in 1996. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Longwood, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 4, 2019 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated January 31, 1996.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International Inc
- Model
- RX 8 · all RX 8s and related versions
- Serial number
- RX8-3243
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1996
- Transponder code
- A98E5B (octal 52307133)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 4, 2019
- Expires
- February 28, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · January 31, 1996
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00325831
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Schreiber James E
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 236 Michael Dr
Longwood, FL 32779-2753
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N7148B, 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 Schreiber James E, an individual, certificate issued February 4, 2019, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated January 31, 1996, consistent with the 1996 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial RX8-3243 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N7148B was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Blaise Richard BUSHBY MIDGETMUSTANG (serial RHB5, cancelled August 26, 1991); Piper PA-22 (serial 224372, cancelled May 17, 1973). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N7148B: Accident on September 27, 1990 at Kernville, CA: serious injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Blaise MIDGET MUSTANG · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AN AIRSPEED SUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT DURING LANDING. A FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPEREINCE IN THIS AIRCRAFT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX90DVA13 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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