Head Balloons Inc AX8-88
N83030 is a Head Balloons Inc AX8-88, a balloon with no engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Canton, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 19, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated July 2, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Head Balloons Inc
- Model
- AX8-88 · all AX8-88s and related versions
- Serial number
- 268
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- AB5B34 (octal 52655464)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 19, 2026
- Expires
- February 28, 2033
- Last FAA action
- February 19, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · July 2, 1998
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00357221
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Foster Andrew L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 11 Pierce Pl
Canton, MA 02021-3801
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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 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N83030, 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 Foster Andrew L, an individual, certificate issued February 19, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 268 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N83030 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Bell 47G3B2A (serial 6852, cancelled February 16, 1973); Piper PA-28-161 (serial 288116094, 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]
1 NTSB record under N83030: Accident on June 12, 2006 at Gretna, NE: serious injuries. 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Head Balloons, Inc. AX8-88 · operated under 091
A run-on landing encountered by the pilot of the balloon due to the prevailing winds. The unfavorable winds were a contributing factor.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI06CA160 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