Kubicek Factory S R O BB26M
N8414A is a Kubicek Factory S R O BB26M, a balloon with no engine, built in 2026. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Carson City, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 14, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 26, 2026.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Kubicek Factory S R O
- Model
- BB26M · all BB26Ms and related versions
- Serial number
- 2625
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2026
- Transponder code
- AB8675 (octal 52703165)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 14, 2026
- Expires
- May 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- May 18, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · May 26, 2026
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01557887
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wells Philip
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 5400 Newton Rd
Carson City, NV 89706-0420
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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 N8414A, 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 Wells Philip, an individual, certificate issued May 14, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 26, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2625 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8414A was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Aeronca 7AC (serial 7 AC-2827, cancelled March 6, 2017); Piper PA-28-161 (serial 288116267, cancelled March 29, 1991); Beech A35 (serial D-1892, cancelled April 20, 1959). 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 N8414A: Accident on July 30, 1988 at Placerville, CA: 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX88LA275 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