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N74HB

Cameron Balloons Us C-100

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNew Jersey

N74HB is a Cameron Balloons Us C-100, a balloon with no engine, built in 2022. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Hunterdon Ballooning INC, a corporation in Lebanon, New Jersey. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 14, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 17, 2022.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cameron Balloons Us
Model
C-100 · all C-100s and related versions
Built of
fabric and wicker
A 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 C-100 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
6949
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
4
Year built
2022
Transponder code
A9F0E2 (octal 52370342)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 14, 2022
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 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 · May 17, 2022
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01354198

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hunterdon Ballooning 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
PO Box 223
Lebanon, NJ 08833-0223

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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 1

2013-05-08Piper PA-28R-200 · Registration expired, pending cancellation

Connections how N74HB links to the rest of the register

Design
Owner
Place
  • Lebanon, NJ 8 aircraft registered in this town
  • New Jersey 3,020 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N74HB, 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 Hunterdon Ballooning INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 14, 2022, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 17, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6949 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N74HB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28R-200 (serial 28R-7135080, cancelled May 8, 2013). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N74HB: Accident on March 11, 1986 at Hanceville, AL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

ATL86LA089Accident on March 11, 1986 at Hanceville, AL: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 28R-7135080

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28R-200 · operated under 135

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data