# N31784: National Ballooning 858

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [National Ballooning 858](https://openairdocs.org/model/national-ballooning-858) (registry code 6113320, 4 seats)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A33CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A33CE) (National Ballooning) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 176
- Type: Balloon
- Engine type: None
- Certificate issued: October 16, 2025
- Expires: October 31, 2032
- Mode S code: A3645F
- Registered owner: [Ballooning Adventures LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BALLOONING%20ADVENTURES%20LLC)
- Location: [Ackworth, IA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IA/Ackworth)
- Owner type: LLC
- Owner's area on the map: 41.3532° N, 93.4386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 50001, 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=31784
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31784

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): 1 in force

### Matched by airframe (National Ballooning 858)

- [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

## 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 N31784.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N31784.

## 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) (1)

Approved for this aircraft's airframe or engine model, in force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.

### Approved for the airframe (National Ballooning 858)

- [STC SB09657RC](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB09657RC): Installation of Aircraft Position Lights. Albuquerque Balloon Center, Inc

## Earlier aircraft with N31784

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N31784 before.

- [Cancelled 1978-01-27](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31784-1978-01-27): Boeing-Vertol 176, S/N F010. Exported to Spain. Owner: [Boeing Vertol Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BOEING%20VERTOL%20CO), [Philadelphia, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Philadelphia)

## Related

- Other National Ballooning 858 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/national-ballooning-858/aircraft.md

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