# N4522E: Head Balloons AX8-88 - Status: Valid registration - Airframe: [Head Balloons AX8-88](https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax8-88) (registry code 4280200, 4 seats) - Data sheets: [TCDS A29SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A29SO) (Head Balloons Inc.) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 183 - Type: Balloon - Engine type: None - Certificate issued: November 5, 2018 - Expires: November 30, 2028 - Mode S code: A57C2D - Registered owner: [Trippe Christopher P](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/TRIPPE%20CHRISTOPHER%20P) - Location: [Natchez, MS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MS/Natchez) - Owner type: Individual - Owner's area on the map: 31.5087° N, 91.3573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 39120, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4522E - Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4522E 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 (Head Balloons AX8-88) - [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 (2) 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 ERA23LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA315), Jul 24, 2023: Head Balloons AX8-88 (N4522E), Guilford, CT, no damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate supervision of the boarding process and the ground crewmember’s failure to immediately let go of the balloon after it began an inadvertent climb. - [NTSB SEA02LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA122), Jul 5, 2002: Head Balloons AX8-88 (N4522E), Victor, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from the power lines during the landing resulting in the balloon's impacting the wires. Contributing factors were the power lines and strong winds… ## NTSB investigations on N4522E 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 CHI82DA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA164), May 13, 1982: Grumman AA5 (N4522E), Brookville, OH, substantial damage ## FAA accident and incident reports (2) 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. - [Accident 20230723010369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230723010369A), Jul 23, 2023: Head Balloons Inc AX8-88 (N4522E), Guilford, CT, No damage. On July 23, 2023 at approximately 2142 EST, a Head balloons AX8-88 was providing tethered rides at the [privacy data omitted] to observe a laser light show.… - [Accident 20020705015209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020705015209A), Jul 5, 2002: Head AX888HEAD (N4522E), Victor, ID, No damage. (.19) On July 5, 2002, approximately 0720 mountain daylight time, a Head balloons, inc. AX8-88, N4522E, registered to and being operated by a commercial pilot,… ## Reports on N4522E not matched to an aircraft (1) They name N4522E, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft. - [Accident 19820513015679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820513015679A), May 13, 1982: Gulstm AA5B (N4522E), Brookville, OH, Substantial damage. Aircraft stalled and crashed just after lift off. ## 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) (10) 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 (Head Balloons AX8-88) - [STC SB10564SC](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB10564SC): Installation of Night Position Lights. Highland Balloon Repair, CRS NHMD682X - [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 SB00463AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB00463AT): Installation of Cameran basket and burner systems. Head Balloons Inc - [STC SL2263SO](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SL2263SO): Installation of Aerostar (Raven) Models CW, W, and RW basket and burner systems. Head Balloons Inc - [STC SB02317AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB02317AT): Installation of Sky Balloons (TC B01CE) baskets (sizes: 1.29m X 1.07M, 1.55M X 1.19M, and 1.80M X 1.29M) and burners (BR1 double burner and BR2 Mistral Double Burner) under Head Balloons' Model AX7-77, AX7-77b, AX8-88, AX8-88b, AX8-105 and AX9-118 envelopes. Head Balloons Inc - [STC SL2407SO](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SL2407SO): Attachment of Head Balloons hot air balloon envelopes with Adams Balloon Loft Model A50/A50S basket, burner, instruments, and fuel system components. Head Balloons Inc - [STC SB01867AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB01867AT): Attachment of Head Balloons hot air balloon envelopes with Lindstrand Balloon basket, burner, instruments, and fuel system components. Head Balloons Inc - [STC SB01048AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB01048AT): Installation of Thunder and Colt40X40, 40X48, 40X54, and 40X60 basket assemblies. Head Balloons Inc - [STC SL1748SO](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SL1748SO): Installation of Balloon Works sizes3.9, 4.0, 4.5, 4.9, and 5.0 baskets. Head Balloons Inc ## Earlier aircraft with N4522E The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N4522E before. - [Cancelled 1974-05-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4522E-1974-05-15): Champion 7DC, S/N 7DC-130, built 1948. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Mesaba Aviation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MESABA%20AVIATION), [Grand Rapids, MN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MN/Grand%20Rapids) - [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4522E-undated): Gulfstream American AA-5B, S/N AA5B1082. Triennial form not returned ## Related - Other Head Balloons AX8-88 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax8-88/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.