Aerostar International Inc S-51A
N9078Z is an Aerostar International Inc S-51A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Natchez, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 16, 2018 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 10, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International Inc
- Model
- S-51A · all S-51As and related versions
- Serial number
- S51A-3009
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1998
- Transponder code
- AC8CB5 (octal 53106265)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 16, 2018
- Expires
- November 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- October 21, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · June 10, 1998
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00157211
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Trippe Christopher P
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 111 Willow Ct
Natchez, MS 39120-4814
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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 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N9078Z, 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 Trippe Christopher P, an individual, certificate issued November 16, 2018, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 10, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S51A-3009 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N9078Z was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R22 (serial 0288, cancelled January 25, 1994); Grumman TBM-3E (serial 53307, cancelled December 16, 1974). 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]
2 NTSB records under N9078Z: Accident on August 2, 1987 at Sterling, MA: no injuries, destroyed. Accident on August 23, 1983 at Nashua, NH: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R22 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R-22 · 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