{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1995-12-28","airworthiness_ops":"Balloon","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2008-06-09","city":"ALBUQUERQUE","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":"2027-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-24","maker":"Aerostar International Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7487008","mode_s_code":"52306630","mode_s_hex":"A98D98","model":"RX 8","n_number":"N7142S","name":"GARCIA MICHAEL A","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Albuquerque","damage":"","date":"2006-04-22","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"DEN06CA069","probable_cause":"the pilot's inability to maintain a proper descent rate due to the high winds, resulting in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the high wind conditions.","registration":"N7142S","state":"NM","summary":"Accident on April 22, 2006 at Albuquerque, NM: serious injuries.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"SHIRLEYSBURG","damage":"DEST","date":"1990-05-13","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"NYC90FA106","probable_cause":"PILOT INCAPACITATION DUE TO A HEART ATTACK.","registration":"N7142S","state":"PA","summary":"Accident on May 13, 1990 at Shirleysburg, PA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"GARCIA JENNIFER L","plain_english":"N7142S is an Aerostar International Inc RX 8, a balloon with no engine, built in 1995. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 9, 2008 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated December 28, 1995.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Garcia Michael A, a co-owned, certificate issued June 9, 2008, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for balloon, dated December 28, 1995, consistent with the 1995 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial RX8-3238 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N7142S was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150H (serial 15067842, cancelled December 12, 1990). 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 N7142S: Accident on April 22, 2006 at Albuquerque, NM: serious injuries. Accident on May 13, 1990 at Shirleysburg, PA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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":"Co-owned","registrant_type_code":"4","seats":1,"serial_number":"RX8-3238","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NM","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"7501 COULSON DR NE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00765761","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N7142S","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1995,"zip":"871095458"}