Sproul Keith A 83K-16
N83KX is a Sproul Keith A 83K-16, a balloon with no engine, built in 2019. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in North Brunswick, New Jersey. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 17, 2019 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 1, 2019.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Sproul Keith A
- Model
- 83K-16
- Serial number
- S-005
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2019
- Transponder code
- AB56F8 (octal 52653370)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 17, 2019
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · June 1, 2019
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 01294443
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sproul Keith A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 698 Magnolia Rd
North Brunswick, NJ 08902-2647
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N83KX, 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 Sproul Keith A, an individual, certificate issued May 17, 2019, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 1, 2019, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S-005 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N83KX according to the deregistered file. [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 N83KX: Accident on September 12, 2021 at Ryegate, VT: no injuries, substantial damage. 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: Sproul Keith A 83K-16 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to secure himself to the balloon seat which resulted in a loss of control of the balloon.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA21LA366 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data