{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2008-12-03","city":"POLK CITY","country_code":"US","county_code":"105","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":1,"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":"50421112","mode_s_hex":"A2224A","model":"AX8-88","n_number":"N2368R","name":"BALLOON ENTERTAINMENT CO","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"DREW","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-07-23","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA99LA203","probable_cause":"a loss of engine power due to the failure of cylinder No. 4 boss, which was caused by fatigue cracking, resulting in a forced landing in marshy terrain and subsequent nose over.","registration":"N2368R","state":"MS","summary":"Accident on July 23, 1999 at Drew, MS: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2368R is a Head Balloons Inc AX8-88, a balloon with no engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Balloon Entertainment CO, a corporation in Polk City, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 3, 2008 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 Balloon Entertainment CO, a corporation, certificate issued December 3, 2008, 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 383 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N2368R was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Air Tractor Inc AT-301 (serial 301-0418, cancelled November 2, 2001); Cessna 182G (serial 18255468, cancelled October 25, 1973). 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 N2368R: Accident on July 23, 1999 at Drew, MS: no injuries, substantial damage. 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"383","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"533 EDGEWATER DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"01014490","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2368R","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"338686704"}