# N8306A: Head Balloons AX7-77, registration cancelled 2018-03-06

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 6, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Head Balloons AX7-77](https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax7-77) (registry code 4280100)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A29SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A29SO) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 237
- Type of aircraft: Balloon
- Certificate issued: December 7, 2007
- Last registry action: January 8, 2013
- Mode S code: AB5B85
- Owner when cancelled: [Winds Aloft Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WINDS%20ALOFT%20AVIATION%20INC)
- Location: [Miami, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8306A
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8306A
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8306A-2018-03-06

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 Head Balloons AX7-77: https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax7-77.md

## 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 19960817039139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960817039139I), Aug 17, 1996: Thundr AX777 (N8306A), Katy, TX. Narrative: both pilot lights failed to operate. Pilot made an emergency landing on golf course. During the descent the balloon made contact with a house…

## Other aircraft with N8306A

- [Cancelled 1960-06-02](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8306A-1960-06-02): Cessna 170B, S/N 25158. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Stargel James E & Layton John B](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/STARGEL%20JAMES%20E%20%26%20LAYTON%20JOHN%20B), [Falls Church, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/Falls%20Church)

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