Adams Balloons Llc A55S
N866RA is an Adams Balloons Llc A55S, a balloon with no engine, built in 2019. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Az Air Ventures LLC, an LLC in Safford, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 4, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 16, 2019.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Adams Balloons Llc
- Model
- A55S · all A55Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 264
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2019
- Transponder code
- ABE699 (octal 52763231)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 4, 2019
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · May 16, 2019
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01296451
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Az Air Ventures LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 264 E 24Th Pl
Safford, AZ 85546-4205
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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 N866RA, 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 Az Air Ventures LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 4, 2019, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 16, 2019, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 264 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N866RA 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 N866RA: Accident on April 10, 2022 at Safford, AZ: serious 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: Adams Balloons LLC A55S · operated under 091
The pilot’s decision to continue the balloon’s fast approach to an unsuitable confined landing site, which resulted in a collision with powerline wires.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR22LA152 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