Cameron 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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cameron Balloons Us
- Model
- C-80 · all C-80s and related versions
- Serial number
- 6309
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2003
- Transponder code
- AAF773 (octal 52573563)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 26, 2003
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · May 1, 2003
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00933946
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Winddrifters INC
- Type
- Corporation
- 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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
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]
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 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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW95FA016 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Yarnell GRASS HOPPER · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX83FVG12 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
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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data