N96YD
N96YD is not currently registered. It was last assigned to an Abruzzo R/Peak Express Balloon GROM-1 built in 1998. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 30, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Abruzzo R/Peak Express Balloon GROM-1 cancelled June 30, 2017
- Serial number
- 798
- Type
- Balloon · None
- Year built
- 1998
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- August 20, 1998
- Last FAA action
- February 7, 2008
- Last owner
- Peak Express Balloon INC (Corporation)
Albuquerque, NM - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built
NTSB accident and incident record under N96YD
DEN06LA016Accident on October 2, 2005 at Kendall, KS: serious injuries, minor damage.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Abruzzo Grom-1 · serial 798
the downdraft forcing the balloon into the power lines. A contrbuting factor was the clear air turbulence and the power lines.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site