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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Cameron Balloons Us C-80
N80546 is a Cameron Balloons Us C-80, a balloon with no engine, built in 2003. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Winddrifters INC, a corporation in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 26, 2003 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 1, 2003.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cameron Balloons Us
- Model
- C-80 · all C-80s 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 Cameron Balloons Us C-80 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
- 6309
- 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
- 2003
- Transponder code
- AAF773 (octal 52573563)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 26, 2003
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 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 1, 2003
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00933946
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Winddrifters 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
- 360 Hilldale Dr
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-1119
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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 3
Connections how N80546 links to the rest of the register
- Cameron Balloons Us C-80 41 registered
- Cameron Balloons Us 715 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Winddrifters INC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Ann Arbor, MI 162 aircraft registered in this town
- Ann Arbor Municipal · ARB
- Michigan 7,231 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Cameron Balloons Us C-80 8 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N80546, 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 Winddrifters INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 26, 2003, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 1, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6309 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N80546 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (serial 1204, cancelled October 31, 1996); Globe GC-1B (serial 49, cancelled December 4, 1956); Yarnell Don C GRASSHOPPER (serial 46193801, cancelled date not given). 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]
2 NTSB records under N80546: Accident on October 14, 1994 at Eunice, LA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on June 4, 1983 at Redding, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R22 BETA · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE CARBURETOR HEAT, THE FORMATION OF CARBURETOR ICE, AND FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ROTOR RPM AFTER LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION WITH TERRAIN. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE WEATHER CONDITION, WHICH WAS CONDUCIVE TO CARBURETOR ICING.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Yarnell GRASS HOPPER · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 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 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data