# N8000Z: 2000 Cameron Balloons Z-65

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Cameron Balloons Z-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-z-65) (registry code 1880340, 1 seats)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Data sheets: [TCDS B3GL](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/B3GL) (Cameron Balloons US) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 6253
- Year built: 2000
- Type: Balloon
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Standard, balloon
- Airworthiness date: May 25, 2000
- Certificate issued: August 16, 2016
- Expires: August 31, 2029
- Mode S code: AAE44D
- Registered owner: [Clapp Royce T](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CLAPP%20ROYCE%20T)
- Location: [Mccook, NE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NE/Mccook)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 40.2482° N, 100.6603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 69001, 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=8000Z
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8000Z

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 (Cameron Balloons Z-65)

- [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

### Matched by engine (NONE)

None in force.

## 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 N8000Z.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N8000Z.

## 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) (5)

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 (Cameron Balloons Z-65)

- [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 SB03128CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB03128CH): ONE-ONLY STC, S/N 6665: Replace the Cameron Balloons US burner with a Thunder and Colt Stratus Double Burner built to Type Certificates B2EU and B3EU installed via the standard burner frame gimbal block. Cameron Balloons US
- [STC SB02280CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB02280CH): ONE-ONLY - S/N 6380 Replace the Cameron Balloons US Basket/Burner systems. Cameron Balloons US

## Earlier aircraft with N8000Z

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N8000Z before.

- [Cancelled 1992-04-25](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8000Z-1992-04-25): Knauff-Kenly-Dachille-Welch TERN SAILPLANE, S/N KKDWWTM1070. Owner: [Oswald George H](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/OSWALD%20GEORGE%20H), [Eugene, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Eugene)
- [Cancelled 1966-02-23](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8000Z-1966-02-23): Hawker Siddeley HS 125 600B, S/N 256012. Owner: [Arnoni Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ARNONI%20AVIATION%20INC), [Houston, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Houston)
- [Cancelled 1965-07-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8000Z-1965-07-15): Cessna U206, S/N U2060400. Exported to South Africa. Owner: [Cessna Aicraft Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CESSNA%20AICRAFT%20CO), [Wichita, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Wichita)

## Related

- Other Cameron Balloons Z-65 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-z-65/aircraft.md
- The NONE engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/none.md

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