- Registered owner
- Northern Light Balloon Expeditions
- Location
- Sedona, AZ
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Serial number
- 216
- Year built
- 2004
- Type
- Balloon
- Engine
- None
- Airworthiness
- Standard, balloon
- Airworthiness date
- June 7, 2004
- Certificate issued
- May 18, 2004
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Mode S code
- AAE48E
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 1
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
Airframe · Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX
AD 2013-03-10HardwareInformation bulletins that may apply · 1
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX
SAIB CE-11-44Fuel: Cylinder Strap InstallationNTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N8002UMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N8002UMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX aircraft
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N8002UGeneral 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 Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX aircraft
STCs that may be installed · 1
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1
This aircraft carried N8002U before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.