# N36497: Aerostar International RX-7 - Status: Valid registration - Airframe: [Aerostar International RX-7](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-rx-7) (registry code 7487007, 1 seats) - Data sheets: [TCDS A15CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A15CE) (Balloonacy LLC) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: RX7-3258 - Type: Balloon - Engine type: None - Certificate issued: April 23, 2012 - Expires: April 30, 2028 - Mode S code: A41EDB - Registered owner: [Salsbury David K](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SALSBURY%20DAVID%20K) - Location: [Jackson, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Jackson) - Owner type: Individual - Owner's area on the map: 42.2434° N, 84.4049° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jackson, MI, 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=36497 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36497 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): 5 in force ### Matched by airframe (Aerostar International RX-7) - [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 93-16-13](https://openairdocs.org/ad/93-16-13): Fuel Hose · Aerostar International 110P, 78C, 90C and 20 more. Effective Oct 15, 1993 - [AD 90-25-09](https://openairdocs.org/ad/90-25-09): Suspension Cables · Aerostar International RX-6, RX-7, RX-8 and 8 more. Effective Jan 14, 1991 - [AD 86-10-11 R1](https://openairdocs.org/ad/86-10-11-R1): Fuel Supply Hose Assemblies · Aerostar International RX-6, RX-7, S-40A and 6 more. Effective Jul 10, 1986 - [AD 81-21-02 R1](https://openairdocs.org/ad/81-21-02-R1): Hook And Pile Fastener Tape · Aerostar International RX-6, RX-7, S-40A and 5 more. Effective Mar 8, 1984 ## 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 N36497. ## NTSB investigations on N36497 not matched to an aircraft (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB FTW82FRA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRA21), Jun 5, 1982: Piper PA-32 (N36497), Houston, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal ## FAA accident and incident reports (1) From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [Incident 20160715013789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160715013789I), Jul 15, 2016: Aerostar International Inc RX-7 (N36497), Jackson, MI, Minor damage. While descending to the east into a rising sun for landing in an open field the upper suspension framework of the balloon gondola struck and broke a… ## Reports on N36497 not matched to an aircraft (1) They name N36497, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft. - [Accident 19820605021349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820605021349A), Jun 5, 1982: Piper PA32* (N36497), Katy, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft wreckage strewn over large area of a rice field. Narcotics on board. Pilot not certificated airman. ## 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) (13) 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 (Aerostar International RX-7) - [STC SB10564SC](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB10564SC): Installation of Night Position Lights. Highland Balloon Repair, CRS NHMD682X - [STC SB01030CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB01030CH): Replace Aerostar Basket/BurnerFuel Tanks with a Cameron Balloons Ltd. (Thunder & Colt) Basket/Burner/Fuel Tanks. Balloonacy LLC - [STC SB146CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB146CH): Replace Aerostar Basket/Burner with a Cameron Basket/Burner. Balloonacy LLC - [STC SB09657RC](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB09657RC): Installation of Aircraft Position Lights. Albuquerque Balloon Center, Inc - [STC SB04407AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB04407AT): Installation of the DBI-III Omega. Balloonacy, Ltd. LLC - [STC SB03337CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB03337CH): Replace the Aerostar International Basket/Burner system with the Cameron Balloons Basket, Part Number CB301C-4, S/N 9465; the Cameron Balloons Burner, Part Number CB579-M1, S/N S5148 S5149. Replace the Aerostar International fuel tanks with the Cameron Balloons Fuel Tanks, Part Number CBUS1050D, S/Ns 230171, 230177, and 230202. Nathan W. Dieringer - [STC SB03216CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB03216CH): Replace the Aerostar International Basket/Burner system and fuel tanks. Brad Craig - [STC SB917GL](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB917GL): Addition of a refueling adapter to the main fuel line. LTA Aviation Inc - [STC SB00601NY](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB00601NY): Installation of Aerostat Envelopes model W-100-4 replacement envelope. DiGiovanni Ronald T - [STC SB00407LA](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB00407LA): Installation of foam padded tank covers. John Terry - [STC SA5469NM](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA5469NM): Installation of position light. Great American Balloon Co Inc - [STC SL1572SO](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SL1572SO): Replacement of envelope fabric. Head Balloons Inc - [STC SB9WE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB9WE): Installation of a digital readout balloon envelope temperature indicator. Advanced Aircraft Components ## Earlier aircraft with N36497 The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N36497 before. - [Cancelled 1951-03-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36497-1951-03-20): Taylorcraft DC-65, S/N 4171, built 1942. Owner: [Matsis Theodore M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MATSIS%20THEODORE%20M), [Cherry Point, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Cherry%20Point) - [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36497-undated): Piper PA-32-300, S/N 327840165 ## Related - Other Aerostar International RX-7 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-rx-7/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.