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Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB20XR
N777TZ is a Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB20XR, a balloon with no engine, built in 2020. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Owasso, Oklahoma. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 5, 2023 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 9, 2020.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Balony Kubicek Spol Sro
- Model
- BB20XR · all BB20XRs and related versions
- Built of
- fabric and wickerA hot-air balloon: a coated nylon envelope, stainless-steel cables, and a wicker or aluminium basket under a propane burner. This is how the Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB20 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
- 1665
- 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
- 2020
- Transponder code
- AA84C9 (octal 52502311)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 5, 2023
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 29, 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 · June 9, 2020
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01318473
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lapointe Wil J
- 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
- 12324 e 86Th St N
Owasso, OK 74055-2543
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Connections how N777TZ links to the rest of the register
- Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB20 9 registered
- Balony Kubicek Spol Sro 228 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Owasso, OK 178 aircraft registered in this town
- Gundys Airport · O38
- Oklahoma 5,643 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB20 7 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N777TZ, 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 Lapointe Wil J, an individual, certificate issued January 5, 2023, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 9, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1665 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N777TZ was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (serial 3350, cancelled November 15, 2006); Bell / Tsirah Helicopter 209 AH-1FT (serial 777, cancelled December 4, 1996). 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 N777TZ: Accident on August 20, 1996 at Palmdale, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell/Tsirah 209AH-1FT · operated under 091
the first pilot misjudged the distance from the rock outcropping. The pilot's ostentatious display was a factor in this accident.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data