Balloon

N3557C

1988 Aerostar International RX-7

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1988
Serial
RX7-3174
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Marketing Services Inc of Pueblo (Corporation)
Based
Colorado Springs, CO
Registration record

N3557C on the FAA register

Type
1988 Aerostar International RX-7
Serial
RX7-3174
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Marketing Services Inc of Pueblo
Colorado Springs, CO
Certificate issued
2011-03-15
Airworthiness date
1988-04-06
Registration expires
2027-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A3FAB0
Mode S (octal)
50775260
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2011-03-15
    Certificate of registration issued as N3557C.
  • 1988-04-06
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
Overview

About N3557C

N3557C is a 1988 Aerostar International RX-7, serial number RX7-3174. The FAA register lists Marketing Services Inc of Pueblo as the registrant in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 15, 2011 and expires on March 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated April 6, 1988.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N3557C. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1964-06-13 Accident · Red Lodge Mont, 26 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1641
Reported aircraft: Cessna 170 — a different aircraft that carried the N3557C registration before this airframe.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.