Aerostar International Inc RXS-8
N9147J is an Aerostar International Inc RXS-8, a balloon with no engine, built in 1998. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 19, 1998 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 25, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerostar International Inc
- Model
- RXS-8 · all RXS-8s and related versions
- Serial number
- RXS8-3089
- Type
- BalloonFAA type of aircraft code 2 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
- Power
- NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes · None NONE
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1998
- Transponder code
- ACA8DD (octal 53124335)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 19, 1998
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · BalloonFAA certificate purpose code B (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 25, 1998
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00063786
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hampton Regina
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- 7632 Arroyo Del Oso Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109-3036
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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 N9147J, 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 Hampton Regina, an individual, certificate issued November 19, 1998, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated September 25, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial RXS8-3089 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N9147J was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-32R-301 (serial 3213018, cancelled November 29, 1993); Piper PA-28-180 (serial 28-3202, cancelled July 20, 1971). 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 N9147J: Accident on February 9, 1992 at New York, NY: 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32R-301 · operated under 091
A POWER LOSS OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN OVER UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.
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