# N998SP: Zing Aerosports ZA-PIG-90

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Zing Aerosports ZA-PIG-90](https://openairdocs.org/model/zing-aerosports-za-pig-90) (registry code 05630YQ, 3 seats)
- Serial number: ZA-SP-01
- Type: Balloon
- Engine type: None
- Certificate issued: October 15, 2024
- Expires: October 31, 2031
- Mode S code: ADF1F9
- Registered owner: [Wicked Balloons Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WICKED%20BALLOONS%20INC)
- Location: [Worcester, MA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MA/Worcester)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 42.2851° N, 71.8300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 01609, 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=998SP
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N998SP

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 (Zing Aerosports ZA-PIG-90)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N998SP.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Incident 20120121000719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120121000719I), Jan 21, 2012: Zing Aerosports ZA-PIG-90 (N998SP), Carefree, AZ, Minor damage. During a balloon static display event when the balloon was being inflated, shortly after the operator switched from the blower to the burner, a gust of wind…

## 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.

## Service difficulty reports on N998SP not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N998SP, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [SDR HEEA072747](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA072747), Apr 23, 2001: CONTROL ROD. INTERFERENCE. INSPECTION OF INTERFERENCE BETWEEN T/R CONTROL TUBE AND N1 TELEFLEX CABLE IN ROOF BEAM. INSPECTION DUE TO FINDING A N1 TELEFLEX CABLE ROUTED THROUGH THE WRONG L

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Related

- Other Zing Aerosports ZA-PIG-90 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/zing-aerosports-za-pig-90/aircraft.md

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