{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2010-04-12","city":"NAPA","country_code":"US","county_code":"055","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":"2027-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-09-04","maker":"Cameron Balloons Us","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CAMERON BALLOONS US","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1880213","mode_s_code":"52113330","mode_s_hex":"A896D8","model":"A-120","n_number":"N6522T","name":"BALLOONS ABOVE THE VALLEY","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Kodiak","damage":"SUBS","date":"2004-09-23","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"ANC04LA113","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, and his intentional flight into adverse weather conditions, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with terrain during takeoff-initial climb.  Factors contributing to the accident were high and gusty wind conditions, and the pilot's inadequate preflight planning.","registration":"N6522T","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on September 23, 2004 at Kodiak, AK: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"ENGLISH BAY","damage":"SUBS","date":"1998-10-16","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC99LA006","probable_cause":"The pilot-in-command's inadequate compensation for the crosswind conditions, and failure to maintain adequate clearance from the parked airplane. Factors associated with this accident were the gusty crosswinds, and the congested takeoff area due to no parking ramp.","registration":"N6522T","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on October 16, 1998 at English Bay, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N6522T is a Cameron Balloons Us A-120, a balloon with no engine. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Balloons Above The Valley, a corporation in Napa, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 12, 2010 and expires on June 30, 2027. 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 Balloons Above The Valley, a corporation, certificate issued April 12, 2010, expires June 30, 2027. 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 6584 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N6522T was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Britten-Norman BN-2A (serial 136, cancelled September 22, 2006); Cessna 150 (serial 17922, cancelled October 10, 1972). 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 N6522T: Accident on September 23, 2004 at Kodiak, AK: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 16, 1998 at English Bay, AK: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":5,"serial_number":"6584","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"603 CALIFORNIA BLVD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"01048285","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N6522T","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"945593131"}