{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-03-23","city":"STATESVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"097","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":"2029-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-22","maker":"Head Balloons Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HEAD BALLOONS INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"4280200","mode_s_code":"50373077","mode_s_hex":"A1F63F","model":"AX8-88","n_number":"N2252N","name":"LITTON DAVID B","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"ANAHUAC","damage":"DEST","date":"2000-07-05","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"FTW00LA195","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the power line.  A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.","registration":"N2252N","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on July 5, 2000 at Anahuac, TX: minor injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2252N is a Head Balloons Inc AX8-88, a balloon with no engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Statesville, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 23, 2019 and expires on March 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Litton David B, an individual, certificate issued March 23, 2019, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 338 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N2252N was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Ayres Corporation S2R-T34 (serial T41-225DC, cancelled October 29, 2001); Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A (serial 1Z02030, cancelled February 21, 1992); Cessna 140 (serial 12488, cancelled November 14, 1988). 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":"1 NTSB record under N2252N: Accident on July 5, 2000 at Anahuac, TX: 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"338","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NC","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4385 TAYLORSVILLE HWY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00148869","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2252N","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"286251843"}