{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1997-11-12","airworthiness_ops":"Balloon","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1998-02-02","city":"SEDONA","country_code":"US","county_code":"005","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"00000","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"NONE","engine_model":"NONE","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-18","maker":"Avian Balloon","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AVIAN BALLOON","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0900110","mode_s_code":"50320210","mode_s_hex":"A1A088","model":"MAGNUM IX","n_number":"N2037U","name":"NORTHERN LIGHT BALLOON EXPEDITIONS","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Sedona","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-04-10","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR12CA163","probable_cause":"The pilot of another balloon did not maintain adequate clearance during approach for landing between his basket and the envelope of this balloon that was also on approach, which resulted in a midair collision.","registration":"N2037U","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on April 10, 2012 at Sedona, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Sedona","damage":"SUBS","date":"2002-03-16","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"LAX02LA111","probable_cause":"The pilot's decision to continue the landing approach after encountering a high wind condition.   A factor in the accident was the pilot's decision to use the trees to try and slow the balloon's ground speed.","registration":"N2037U","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on March 16, 2002 at Sedona, AZ: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"ORCHARDS","damage":"DEST","date":"1986-03-16","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"SEA86LA078","probable_cause":"","registration":"N2037U","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on March 16, 1986 at Orchards, WA: minor injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2037U is an Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX, a balloon with no engine, built in 1997. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Northern Light Balloon Expeditions, a corporation in Sedona, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 2, 1998 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated November 12, 1997.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Northern Light Balloon Expeditions, a corporation, certificate issued February 2, 1998, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for balloon, dated November 12, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 202 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N2037U was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Maule M-4-180C (serial 3001C, cancelled August 2, 1993). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"3 NTSB records under N2037U: Accident on April 10, 2012 at Sedona, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 16, 2002 at Sedona, AZ: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 16, 1986 at Orchards, WA: minor injuries, destroyed. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":8,"serial_number":"202","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AZ","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"455 DRY CREEK RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00126901","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2037U","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1997,"zip":"863364329"}