- Registered owner
- District Aviation LLC
- Location
- Eloy, AZ
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 851
- Year built
- 2011
- Type
- Balloon
- Engine
- None
- Airworthiness
- Standard, balloon
- Airworthiness date
- August 25, 2011
- Certificate issued
- May 24, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Mode S code
- A628E1
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 2
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
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| 2021 | 1 |
Information bulletins that may apply · 1
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB85Z
SAIB CE-11-44Fuel: Cylinder Strap InstallationNTSB investigations · 1
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
FAA incident reports · 2
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.
Accident 20240114000169ADescent · Eloy, AZOn January 14. 2024, at approximately 07:47, [privacy data omitted], a balloon [privacy data omitted] and being operated by [privacy data omitted], crashed in an open field 5.0 miles northeast of Eloy municipal airport (E60). The balloon, a kubicek model…Incident 20140803017149ILanding: Touchdown · Kyle, TXOn aug. 3, 2014, N4961D, a Balony Kubicek Spol Sro lighter than air balloon, made a hard landing into a church soccer field due to the retrieval team parking their vehicle in the path of the landing balloon. This caused the pilot, of the balloon, to land…
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N4961DGeneral aviation reporting is voluntary. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Reports on Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB85Z aircraft
STCs that may be installed · 5
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB85Z
STC SB04407ATInstallation of the DBI-III OmegaSTC SB04070CHReplace the Balony Kubicek Basket/Burner system with the Cameron Balloons US Basket Model Delta, P/N CB860B, S/N 9598; Cameron Balloons US Burner Model Sirocco, P/N CB2703, S/N 0171, 0231, and 0271. Replace the Balony Kubicek fuel tanks with the Cameron Balloons US 15 gallon fuel tanks, S/Ns 4061, 4062, 4148, and 5145.STC SB03478CHReplace Balony Kubicek Basket/Burner system and fuel tanks with the Aerostar International Basket Model RB12, S/N 12-119; the Aerostar International Burner Model HP III Triple, S/N 3016; Aerostar International Model V-23 Fuel Tank, S/Ns 01069, 01072, and 01073STC SB03349CHReplace the Balony Kubicek Basket/Burner system with the Cameron Balloons Basket Model, P/N CB3004, S/N 9609; Cameron Balloons Triple Burner P/N CB2703, S/Ns 462-532-433. Replace the Balony Kubicek fuel tanks with the Cameron Balloons P/N CB2903 fuel tanks, S/Ns 404, 405, 406, and 407.STC SB02936CHReplace Balony Kubicek Basket/Burner system and fuel tanks with the Aerostar International Basket Model RB12, S/N RB125-109; the Aerostar International Burner Model HP III Triple, S/N 3008; Aerostar International V-23 fuel tanks, S/Ns 96029, 96030, and 96031. The Aerostar International Basket/Burner is installed via the standard Balony Kubicek carabiner (snaplink) attachments as specified in the FAA Approved Balloon Flight Manual Supplement dated March 14, 2011.
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 2
These aircraft carried N4961D before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.