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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026Sproul Keith A SPROUL 46K-TET
N9713T is a Sproul Keith A SPROUL 46K-TET, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Deland, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 26, 2021 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 11, 2006.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Sproul Keith A
- Model
- SPROUL 46K-TET
- Serial number
- S-004
- 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 · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- AD8A2F (octal 53305057)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 26, 2021
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 11, 2006
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00231349
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Grant Russell J
- 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
- 1676 Red Mangrove Dr
Deland, FL 32724-9468
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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
Connections how N9713T links to the rest of the register
- Sproul Keith A 6 aircraft on the register
- Deland, FL 182 aircraft registered in this town
- Deland Muni-Sidney H Taylor Field · DED
- Florida 21,696 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N9713T, 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 Grant Russell J, an individual, certificate issued May 26, 2021, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S-004 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N9713T was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-38-112 (serial 38-78A0165, cancelled September 13, 2001); Cessna 172A (serial 47513, cancelled June 2, 1960). 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 N9713T: Accident on June 30, 2000 at Montgomery, AL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-38-112 · operated under 091
the student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control upon encountering variable winds during the landing flare/touchdown and his failure to recover from the resulting bounced landing which resulted in substantial damage to the aircraft.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 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 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data