{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1995-06-16","airworthiness_ops":"Balloon","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-11-15","city":"HALLSVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"203","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"00000","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"NONE","engine_model":"NONE","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-11-15","maker":"Lindstrand Balloons","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"LINDSTRAND BALLOONS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"5180001","mode_s_code":"52603114","mode_s_hex":"AB064C","model":"77A","n_number":"N80943","name":"HAMMETT BAILEY M","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"HOLLAND","damage":"DEST","date":"1988-07-10","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CHI88FA162","probable_cause":"PILOT'S INADEQUATE AIRCRAFT HANDLING DURING THE APPROACH TO LANDING AND LANDING FLARE PHASE OF FLIGHT. THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE AND AVOID A SITUATION FROM WHICH IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE-DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE AMOUNT OF POWER AVAILABLE FROM THE ENGINE, AND THE PRESENCE OF OBSTACLES IN THE FLIGHT PATH- TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED AND RATE OF CLIMB, RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT'S STALL/MUSH AND DESCENT INTO A WOODED RESIDENTIAL AREA.","registration":"N80943","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on July 10, 1988 at Holland, MI: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N80943 is a Lindstrand Balloons 77A, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Hallsville, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 15, 2024 and expires on November 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 16, 1995.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Hammett Bailey M, an individual, certificate issued November 15, 2024, expires November 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for balloon; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 178 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N80943 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Cessna 172M (serial 17266811, cancelled June 28, 1991); Dehavilland DHC-3 (serial 229, cancelled June 7, 1972); Globe GC-1B (serial 1136, cancelled May 2, 1951). 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 N80943: Accident on July 10, 1988 at Holland, MI: 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"178","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"325 W WALNUT ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00885322","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N80943","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"756506127"}