{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-05-21","city":"LAKE TOMAHAWK","country_code":"US","county_code":"085","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":"2032-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-05-22","maker":"Aerostar International Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7487008","mode_s_code":"51133546","mode_s_hex":"A4B766","model":"RX 8","n_number":"N4027K","name":"HANDCRAFTED FURNITURE BALLOON RIDES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"MAPLETON","damage":"SUBS","date":"1984-01-05","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"SEA84LA034","probable_cause":"","registration":"N4027K","state":"OR","summary":"Accident on January 5, 1984 at Mapleton, OR: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4027K is an Aerostar International Inc RX 8, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Handcrafted Furniture Balloon Rides LLC, an LLC in Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 21, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. 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 Handcrafted Furniture Balloon Rides LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 21, 2025, expires May 31, 2032. 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 RX8-3286 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4027K was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Hiller UH-12E (serial 5067, cancelled November 3, 1989); North American NAVION A (serial NAV-4-1027, cancelled August 10, 1953). 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 N4027K: Accident on January 5, 1984 at Mapleton, OR: minor 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":1,"serial_number":"RX8-3286","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WI","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"7761 RIVER RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00066431","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4027K","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"545399473"}