- Registered owner
- Meyer Mark
- Location
- Vass, NC
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 2291
- Year built
- 2024
- Type
- Balloon
- Engine
- None
- Airworthiness
- Standard, balloon
- Airworthiness date
- March 13, 2025
- Certificate issued
- February 25, 2025
- Expires
- February 29, 2032
- Mode S code
- A1107E
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 1
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
Airframe · Kubicek Factory S R O BB34Z
AD 2013-03-10HardwareInformation bulletins that may apply · 1
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Kubicek Factory S R O BB34Z
SAIB CE-11-44Fuel: Cylinder Strap InstallationNTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N168MEMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Kubicek Factory S R O BB34Z aircraft
Investigations on N168ME not matched to an aircraft · 1
They name N168ME, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the investigation describes another aircraft.
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N168MEMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Kubicek Factory S R O BB34Z aircraft
Reports on N168ME not matched to an aircraft · 1
They name N168ME, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N168MEGeneral aviation reporting is voluntary. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Reports on Kubicek Factory S R O BB34Z aircraft
STCs that may be installed · 6
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Kubicek Factory S R O BB34Z
STC SB04407ATInstallation of the DBI-III OmegaSTC SB04176CHReplace the Balony Kubicek Basket/Burner system with the Cameron Balloons US Basket Model CB301C-6, S/N 8867; Cameron Balloons US Burner Model CBUS-392, S/N 1429-1434. Replace the Balony Kubicek fuel tanks with the Cameron Balloons US Model CB250 fuel tanks, S/Ns 51671J, 51789J, 51629J, 34818J, 53445J, and 51602J.STC SB04129CHReplace the existing fuel tanks with Ultramagic Model M-40D, S/Ns UM4-1072 and UM4-1073. The Ultramagic fuel tankSTC SB04063CHReplace the Balony Kubicek Basket/Burner system and fuel tanks with the FireFly (Balloon Works) Basket Model 5.0, S/N 6118; the FireFly (Balloon Works) Burner Model F-1 (S/N 588 and 2117) and Model T3-017 (S/N 2506J); and FireFly (Balloon Works) fuel tanks, P/N 3035L (S/Ns 48077J, 48303J, 46678J and 43064J) and P/N 3229 (S/Ns 00121210J and 00121208J).STC SB04019CHReplace the Balony Kubicek Basket/Burner system and fuel tanksSTC SB03443CHReplace the Balony Kubicek Basket/Burner system and fuel tanks with the FireFly (Balloon Works) Basket Model 5.0, S/N 6118; the FireFly (Balloon Works) Burner Model F-1, S/N 588 and 2117; and FireFly (Balloon Works) fuel tanks, P/N 3035L (S/Ns 48077J, 48303J, 46678J and 43064J) and P/N C3229AK (S/Ns 121210J and 121208J).