# N61BE: Bob Waddell WADDELL BB-1

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Bob Waddell WADDELL BB-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/bob-waddell-waddell-bb-1) (registry code 05643GM, 3 seats)
- Serial number: 2025-1BW-1
- Type: Balloon
- Engine type: None
- Certificate issued: October 9, 2025
- Expires: October 31, 2032
- Mode S code: A7EC83
- Registered owner: [Waddell Robert K](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WADDELL%20ROBERT%20K)
- Location: [Glen, NH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NH/Glen)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 44.1103° N, 71.2217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 03838, 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=61BE
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61BE

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 (Bob Waddell WADDELL BB-1)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N61BE.

## NTSB investigations on N61BE 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 MKC89FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89FA038), Dec 10, 1988: Cessna 650 (N61BE), Hutchinson, KS, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N61BE.

## Reports on N61BE not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N61BE, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Accident 19881210053339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881210053339A), Dec 10, 1988: Cessna 650 (N61BE), Hutchinson, KS, Substantial damage. Left main gear and nose gear retracted on a touch and go. Flaps still down. No defects found.

## 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 N61BE

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N61BE before.

- [Cancelled 2018-12-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61BE-2018-12-20): Edwards J G EDWARDS-WHEELER EXP, S/N 1. Exported to Brazil. Owner: Londrina Pr

## Related

- Other Bob Waddell WADDELL BB-1 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/bob-waddell-waddell-bb-1/aircraft.md

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