# N2496Z: General Balloon AX-6, registration cancelled 1988-12-09

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 9, 1988
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [General Balloon AX-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/general-balloon-ax-6) (registry code 3760202)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A18WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A18WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 496
- Type of aircraft: Balloon
- Mode S code: A254B0
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2496Z
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2496Z
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2496Z-1988-12-09

From the FAA registry file of November 12, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the General Balloon AX-6: https://openairdocs.org/model/general-balloon-ax-6.md

## NTSB investigations (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 BFO87LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA041), Jun 6, 1987: Piccard AX-6 (N2496Z), Gaithersburg, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other aircraft with N2496Z

- [Cancelled 2009-11-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2496Z-2009-11-16): Fritts Defin Allen WINTER 2000, S/N H2-07-17-679, built 2007. Exported to Germany. Owner: [Don Av Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DON%20AV%20INC), [Brewton, AL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AL/Brewton)

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