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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026Sproul Keith A 72K-TET
N72KX is a Sproul Keith A 72K-TET, a balloon with no engine, built in 2004. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in North Brunswick, New Jersey. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 4, 2004 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 4, 2004.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Sproul Keith A
- Model
- 72K-TET
- Serial number
- S-003
- 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
- 2004
- Transponder code
- A9A22A (octal 52321052)
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 4, 2004
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 4, 2004
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00105359
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sproul Keith A
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 698 Magnolia Rd
North Brunswick, NJ 08902-2647
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N72KX links to the rest of the register
- Sproul Keith A 6 aircraft on the register
- North Brunswick, NJ 34 aircraft registered in this town
- New Jersey 3,017 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N72KX.json.
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The public federal record on N72KX, 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 Sproul Keith A, an individual, certificate issued May 4, 2004, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 4, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S-003 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N72KX 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 N72KX: Accident on October 10, 2008 at Rio Rancho, NM: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on October 9, 2007 at Rio Rancho, NM: serious injuries. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sproul 72K-TET · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the power lines and the failure of either pilot to take any corrective action to avoid the collision.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sproul 72K-TET · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate inflight planning/judgment, and his selection of unsuitable terrain on which to make a landing. Contributing factors in this accident were the unfavorable wind, and the pilot misjudging his airspeed.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 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 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data