Ultramagic S-90
N901UM is an Ultramagic S-90, a balloon with no engine, built in 2017. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in La Luz, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 17, 2017 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 28, 2017.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Ultramagic
- Model
- S-90
- Serial number
- 90/151
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2017
- Transponder code
- AC74B1 (octal 53072261)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 17, 2017
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · April 28, 2017
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01251339
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hoidahl James R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 3 Bonita Ave
La Luz, NM 88337-9508
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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 N901UM, 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 Hoidahl James R, an individual, certificate issued May 17, 2017, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 28, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 90/151 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N901UM 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 N901UM: Accident on April 27, 2019 at La Mesa, TX: serious injuries. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ultramagic S90 · operated under 091
The pilot's improper decision to launch the balloon in known high wind conditions, and his failure to fully vent the balloon upon landing, which resulted in the balloon landing hard several times, tipping over, being pushed along uneven ground, and a serious passenger injury.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN19CA128 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