- Manufacturer (registry)
- WINKER
- Model
- HOT AIR BALLOON
- Registry code
- 056048N
- Registered
- 0 aircraft
- Type
- Balloon
- Engines
- None
- Seats
- 2
- Weight class
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed
- 60 mph
- Certification
- Not type certificated
Model codes come from the FAA registry’s reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 0
ADs whose products match this airframe model. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or configuration.
No ADs matched this model
Registered aircraft · 0
No aircraft currently registered with this model
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to aircraft with this modelMatched through the registry by N-number, so foreign aircraft and some older cases aren’t counted.
FAA incident reports
No reports matched to aircraft of this modelMatched through the registry by N-number, so foreign aircraft and some older reports aren’t counted.
Service difficulty reports
No reports name this modelGeneral aviation reporting is voluntary.
The same model under other registry codes
Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.
Gauthier Ted HOT AIR BALLOON1 registered aircraftBecker HOT AIR-BALLOON1 registered aircraftBarnes HOT AIR BALLOON0 registered aircraftHenderson HOT AIR BALLOON0 registered aircraftHartman HOT AIR BALLOON0 registered aircraftJohnson HOT AIR BALLOON0 registered aircraftSutherland-Schwenker HOT AIR BALLOON0 registered aircraftDickinson HOT AIR BALLOON0 registered aircraftWilliams HOT AIR BALLOON0 registered aircraftPorter-King HOT AIR BALLOON0 registered aircraftGoachee HOT AIR BALLOON0 registered aircraftAllen HOT AIR BALLOON0 registered aircraft
Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "SELECT m.code, m.manufacturer, m.model, count(g.n_number) AS aircraft
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_aircraft_model.parquet' m LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_aircraft_registration.parquet' g ON g.aircraft_model_code = m.code
WHERE m.match_key = 'HOTAIRBALLOON' AND m.code NOT IN ('056048N')
GROUP BY ALL
ORDER BY aircraft DESC
LIMIT 12"Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
SELECT m.code, m.manufacturer, m.model, count(g.n_number) AS aircraft
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_aircraft_model.parquet' m LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_aircraft_registration.parquet' g ON g.aircraft_model_code = m.code
WHERE m.match_key = 'HOTAIRBALLOON' AND m.code NOT IN ('056048N')
GROUP BY ALL
ORDER BY aircraft DESC
LIMIT 12Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.