N8554

Cancelled 2013

Deregistered aircraft · 1973 Semco Balloon CHALLENGER · NONE

Cancelled: May 14, 2013
Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
Serial number: SEM78
Year built: 1973
Type: Balloon
Engine: None
Airworthiness: Standard, balloon
Airworthiness date: April 14, 1975
Certificate issued: May 9, 1979
Last registry action: November 16, 1985
Mode S code: ABBCCF
Owner when cancelled: Gerhart Kevin D
Location: Swayzee, IN
Owner type: Individual

Airframe modelSemco Balloon CHALLENGERTCDS A13SO · ADs, bulletins and aircraft registered now Engine modelNONENone

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners’ street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

FAA incident reports · 1

FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N8554 and the event date: after September 11, 1941, when the previous aircraft’s registration ended, through this one’s cancellation.

Accident 19830909053089AOther Ground Ops · Tucson, AZPartially inflated balloon lifted off on thermal. Pilot grabbed deflate handle. Carried aloft. Fell from 40 feet.Sep 9, 1983

Other aircraft with N8554 · 1

The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled. No aircraft carries N8554 now.

1941Waco GXE · S/N 1892Cancelled Sep 11, 1941 · Duke Garland, Anderson, IN