# N4557W: Cameron Balloons US A-250, registration cancelled 1999-04-27

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 27, 1999
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Cameron Balloons US A-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-a-250) (registry code 1880119)
- Serial number: 5911
- Type of aircraft: Balloon
- Certificate issued: January 20, 1994
- Last registry action: April 27, 1999
- Mode S code: A58811
- Owner when cancelled: [Thompson Thomas N](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/THOMPSON%20THOMAS%20N)
- Location: [Albuquerque, NM](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NM/Albuquerque)
- Physical address: [Tijeras, NM](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NM/Tijeras)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4557W
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4557W
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4557W-1999-04-27

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 Cameron Balloons US A-250: https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-a-250.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 DEN99FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA004), Oct 5, 1998: Cameron A-250 (N4557W), Albuquerque, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot not planning his approach to a landing so as to fly over the transmission wires (on the approach edge of the landing field) in level flight or ascending flight, and the pilot not pulling…

## 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.

- [Accident 19981005028259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981005028259A), Oct 5, 1998: Camron A250 (N4557W), Albuquerque, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Hot air balloon was landing when it struck two powerlines and crashed, the gondola sepatated from the balloon and fell 40 feet. Pilot and 11 pax suffered…

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