{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2018-11-05","city":"NATCHEZ","country_code":"US","county_code":"001","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":"2028-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-11-18","maker":"Head Balloons Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HEAD BALLOONS INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"4280200","mode_s_code":"51276055","mode_s_hex":"A57C2D","model":"AX8-88","n_number":"N4522E","name":"TRIPPE CHRISTOPHER P","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Guilford","damage":"","date":"2023-07-24","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"ERA23LA315","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s inadequate supervision of the boarding process and the ground crewmember\u2019s failure to immediately let go of the balloon after it began an inadvertent climb.","registration":"N4522E","state":"CT","summary":"Accident on July 24, 2023 at Guilford, CT: serious injuries.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Victor","damage":"SUBS","date":"2002-07-05","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"SEA02LA122","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from the power lines during the landing resulting in the balloon's impacting the wires.  Contributing factors were the power lines and strong winds existent at the time.","registration":"N4522E","state":"ID","summary":"Accident on July 5, 2002 at Victor, ID: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"BROOKVILLE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1982-05-13","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CHI82DA164","probable_cause":"","registration":"N4522E","state":"OH","summary":"Accident on May 13, 1982 at Brookville, OH: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4522E is a Head Balloons Inc AX8-88, a balloon with no engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Natchez, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 5, 2018 and expires on November 30, 2028. 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 Trippe Christopher P, an individual, certificate issued November 5, 2018, expires November 30, 2028. 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 183 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4522E was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Champion 7DC (serial 7DC-130, cancelled May 15, 1974); Gulfstream American Corp AA-5B (serial AA5B1082, cancelled date not given). 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 N4522E: Accident on July 24, 2023 at Guilford, CT: serious injuries. Accident on July 5, 2002 at Victor, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 13, 1982 at Brookville, OH: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"183","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"111 WILLOW CT","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00793902","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4522E","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"391204814"}