# N3118L: 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)
- Serial number: 304
- Type: Balloon
- Engine type: None
- Certificate issued: October 17, 2011
- Expires: October 31, 2027
- Mode S code: A34E03
- Registered owner: [Hughes Gary L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HUGHES%20GARY%20L)
- Location: [Saxonburg, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Saxonburg)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 40.7284° N, 79.8418° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 16056, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3118L
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3118L

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

## 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 N3118L.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N3118L.

## 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 N3118L

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N3118L before.

- [Cancelled 1994-01-13](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3118L-1994-01-13): Cessna 310J, S/N 310J0118. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Barron Thomas Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BARRON%20THOMAS%20AVIATION%20INC), [Dallas, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Dallas)

## Related

- Other Head Balloons AX8-105 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax8-105/aircraft.md

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.