# N2023N: 2011 Head Balloons AX8-105

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Head Balloons AX8-105](https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax8-105) (registry code 4280300, 4 seats)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Serial number: 412
- Year built: 2011
- Type: Balloon
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Standard, balloon
- Airworthiness date: September 1, 2011
- Certificate issued: July 30, 2023
- Expires: July 31, 2030
- Mode S code: A19C3F
- Registered owner: [Sky Pirates Ballooning And Gifts LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SKY%20PIRATES%20BALLOONING%20AND%20GIFTS%20LLC)
- Location: [Lake Wales, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Lake%20Wales)
- Owner type: LLC
- Owner's area on the map: 27.9008° N, 81.5857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33853, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2023N
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2023N

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 2 in force

### Matched by airframe (Head Balloons AX8-105)

- [AD 2013-03-10](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2013-03-10): Hardware · Aeronaut Instruction Research Skysailor 105, Skysailor 90, 110C and 439 more. Effective Mar 19, 2013
- [AD 2008-04-15](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2008-04-15): Self seal valves · Cameron Balloons AX10-160 (S.1), AX10-160(S.2), AX10-180 (S.1) and 24 more. Effective Mar 25, 2008

### Matched by engine (NONE)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory) (1 in force)

- [SAIB CE-11-44](https://openairdocs.org/saib/CE-11-44): Fuel: Cylinder Strap Installation. Issued Jul 13, 2011

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N2023N.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N2023N.

## Reports on N2023N not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N2023N, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Incident 19790406012849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790406012849I), Apr 6, 1979: Beech 58 (N2023N), Lamoni, IA. Less than standard separation resulted when air file was copied contrary to pilot's intentions

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N2023N

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N2023N before.

- [Cancelled 1970-09-04](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2023N-1970-09-04): Cessna 140, S/N 12259. Owner: [Haley Patrick J](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HALEY%20PATRICK%20J), [Bainbridge Island, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Bainbridge%20Island)

## Related

- Other Head Balloons AX8-105 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax8-105/aircraft.md
- The NONE engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/none.md

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