Aerostar International Inc RX 8
N9074Y is an Aerostar International Inc RX 8, a balloon with no engine, built in 1997. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Dakota Sunrise Balloon LLC, an LLC in Horace, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 7, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 10, 1997.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International Inc
- Model
- RX 8 · all RX 8s and related versions
- Serial number
- RX8-3301
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1997
- Transponder code
- AC8C28 (octal 53106050)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 7, 2019
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · September 10, 1997
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00816801
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dakota Sunrise Balloon LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 407 Sheyenne St
Horace, ND 58047-4113
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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 N9074Y, 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 Dakota Sunrise Balloon LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 7, 2019, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated September 10, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial RX8-3301 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9074Y 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]
2 NTSB records under N9074Y: Accident on June 11, 1995 at Weatherford, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 30, 1983 at Oklahoma City, OK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R-22 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL DURING LANDING RESULTING IN THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES STRIKING THE GROUND AND SEPARATING, AND THE SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL (ANTI-TORQUE) CONTROL. A FACTOR WAS THE UPHILL TERRAIN.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R22 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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