{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1998-05-19","airworthiness_ops":"Balloon","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1998-05-20","city":"SEDONA","country_code":"US","county_code":"005","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2030-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-20","maker":"Avian Balloon","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AVIAN BALLOON","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0900110","mode_s_code":"50323455","mode_s_hex":"A1A72D","model":"MAGNUM IX","n_number":"N20513","name":"NORTHERN LIGHT BALLOON EXPEDITIONS","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Sedona","damage":"","date":"2012-04-10","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR12CA163","probable_cause":"The pilot did not maintain adequate clearance during approach for landing between his basket and the envelope of another balloon that was also on approach, which resulted in a midair collision.","registration":"N20513","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on April 10, 2012 at Sedona, AZ: no injuries.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"SAN JACINTO","damage":"DEST","date":"1993-01-08","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"LAX93LA091","probable_cause":"THE FLIGHT'S ENCOUNTER WITH UNFORECAST CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE.","registration":"N20513","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on January 8, 1993 at San Jacinto, CA: serious injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N20513 is an Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX, a balloon with no engine, built in 1998. 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 May 20, 1998 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 19, 1998.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Northern Light Balloon Expeditions, a corporation, certificate issued May 20, 1998, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 19, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 204 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N20513 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172M (serial 17261351, cancelled March 26, 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":"2 NTSB records under N20513: Accident on April 10, 2012 at Sedona, AZ: no injuries. Accident on January 8, 1993 at San Jacinto, CA: serious 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":"204","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":"00657181","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N20513","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1998,"zip":"863364329"}