# N980VA: 2022 Cameron Balloons US A-225

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Cameron Balloons US A-225](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-a-225) (registry code 1880232, 1 seats)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Data sheets: [TCDS B2GL](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/B2GL) (Cameron Balloons US) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 6968
- Year built: 2022
- Type: Balloon
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Standard, balloon
- Airworthiness date: September 27, 2022
- Certificate issued: February 14, 2023
- Expires: February 28, 2030
- Mode S code: ADAD00
- Registered owner: [Rainbow Ryders Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RAINBOW%20RYDERS%20INC)
- Location: [Albuquerque, NM](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NM/Albuquerque)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 35.1964° N, 106.5731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 87113, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=980VA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N980VA

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 (Cameron Balloons US A-225)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (NONE)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations (2)

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 WPR26LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA052), Nov 24, 2025: Cameron Balloons US A-225 (N980VA), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: The balloon landing in increased wind, and the pilot’s inability to maintain the proper descent rate, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB WPR25LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA284), Sep 15, 2025: Cameron Balloons US A-225 (N980VA), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: The balloon pilot’s improper landing, which resulted in serious injury to a passenger. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to brief the proper landing procedure.

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20251124020709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251124020709A), Nov 24, 2025: Cameron Balloons US A-225 (N980VA), Albuquerque, NM, No damage. On November 24,2025 at 0800 a camron A-225 balloon [privacy data omitted] piloted by a commercially rated pilot departed from a field near cotton wood mall in…
- [Accident 20250915015419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250915015419A), Sep 15, 2025: Cameron Balloons US A-225 (N980VA), Albuquerque, NM, No damage. On 09/15/2025 at approx. 0810 am MST. A passenger balloon model camron A-225 [privacy data omitted], piloted by a commercially rated pilot, on a sight seeing…

## 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) (3)

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 US A-225)

- [STC SB04540NY](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB04540NY): The installation of Aerostat Envelopes, Inc. model W-300-5 lifting envelope. Ronald DiGiovanni
- [STC SB04251CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB04251CH): Replace Cameron Balloons US basket, and fuel tanks with Lindstrand Basket Model 152x270 T-Partition. Cameron Balloons US
- [STC SB04407AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB04407AT): Installation of the DBI-III Omega. Balloonacy, Ltd. LLC

## Related

- Other Cameron Balloons US A-225 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-a-225/aircraft.md
- The NONE engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/none.md

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