# N5315J: 2025 West Kay ANN WEST-2

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [West Kay ANN WEST-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/west-kay-ann-west-2) (registry code 056255R, 1 seats)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Serial number: 003
- Year built: 2025
- Type: Balloon
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: January 23, 2025
- Certificate issued: September 24, 2025
- Expires: September 30, 2032
- Mode S code: A6B734
- Registered owner: [Mountain West Aeronautics](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MOUNTAIN%20WEST%20AERONAUTICS)
- Location: [Custer, SD](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/SD/Custer)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 43.7267° N, 103.6486° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 57730, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5315J
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5315J

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): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (West Kay ANN WEST-2)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (NONE)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N5315J.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N5315J.

## 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 N5315J

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N5315J before.

- [Cancelled 2013-04-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5315J-2013-04-08): Aerostar International S-57A, S/N S57A-3234, built 2002. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Hooters Of America Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HOOTERS%20OF%20AMERICA%20INC), [Atlanta, GA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/GA/Atlanta)

## Related

- Other West Kay ANN WEST-2 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/west-kay-ann-west-2/aircraft.md
- The NONE engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/none.md

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