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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Aerostar International Inc S-50A
N9043V is an Aerostar International Inc S-50A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1997. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania. The FAA lists the registration as "first notice for registration renewal" (certificate issued April 13, 2017). It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 15, 1997.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International Inc
- Model
- S-50A
- Serial number
- S50A-3004
- Type
- BalloonFAA type of aircraft code 2 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1997
- Transponder code
- AC80DD (octal 53100335)
Registration
- Status
- First notice for registration renewalFAA registration status code 25 (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 13, 2017
- Expires
- April 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 15, 1997
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00553962
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bulkley James C
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1974 Monkey Hollow Rd
Harveys Lake, PA 18618-7813
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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 1
Connections how N9043V links to the rest of the register
- Aerostar International Inc 825 aircraft on the register
- Harveys Lake, PA 3 aircraft registered in this town
- Pennsylvania 6,195 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N9043V.json.
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The public federal record on N9043V, 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.
Registration status is "First notice for registration renewal". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated October 15, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S50A-3004 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N9043V was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech E-55 (serial TE919, cancelled March 21, 1989). 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 N9043V: Accident on September 23, 1986 at Kansas City, MO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech E55 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data