# N80039: 2020 Thomas Handcock 8B

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Thomas Handcock 8B](https://openairdocs.org/model/thomas-handcock-8b) (registry code 05640D9, 5 seats)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Serial number: 3613
- Year built: 2020
- Type: Balloon
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: August 19, 2021
- Certificate issued: July 12, 2021
- Expires: July 31, 2028
- Mode S code: AAE4C0
- Registered owner: [Handcock Thomas](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HANDCOCK%20THOMAS)
- Location: [Saint Petersburg, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Saint%20Petersburg)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 27.7708° N, 82.6328° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33701, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=80039
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80039

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 (Thomas Handcock 8B)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (NONE)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N80039.

## NTSB investigations on N80039 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 FTW79FRD06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRD06), Oct 29, 1978: Pitts S-2A (N80039), Abbeville, LA, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N80039.

## Reports on N80039 not matched to an aircraft (2)

They name N80039, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Incident 19830616035019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830616035019I), Jun 16, 1983: Piper PA28RT201T (N80039), San Angelo, TX. Experienced power plant failure. Found #1 #2 connecting rods broken.
- [Accident 19781029034689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781029034689A), Oct 29, 1978: Child S2PITTS (N80039), Abbeville, LA, Substantial damage. Acft entered secondary stall on recovery fm snap roll.

## 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 N80039

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N80039 before.

- [Cancelled 2013-05-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80039-2013-05-16): Handcock Thomas 10, S/N 3, built 1995. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Handcook Thomas](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HANDCOOK%20THOMAS), [Madeira Beach, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Madeira%20Beach)
- [Cancelled 1992-02-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80039-1992-02-20): Asmus James E Q2, S/N 2844. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Asmus James E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ASMUS%20JAMES%20E), [Woodhaven, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Woodhaven)
- [Cancelled 1988-09-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80039-1988-09-30): Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, S/N 0882
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80039-undated): Piper PA-28RT-201T, S/N 28R8231015. N-number assigned, not yet registered

## Related

- Other Thomas Handcock 8B aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/thomas-handcock-8b/aircraft.md
- The NONE engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/none.md

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