Balloon

N4008S

2012 Head Balloons AX8-88

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2012
Serial
422
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Pilot Properties of the Hudson Valley LLC (LLC)
Based
Lagrangeville, NY
Registration record

N4008S on the FAA register

Type
2012 Head Balloons AX8-88
Serial
422
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Pilot Properties of the Hudson Valley LLC
Lagrangeville, NY
Certificate issued
2012-12-17
Airworthiness date
2012-09-04
Registration expires
2028-12-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A4B022
Mode S (octal)
51130042
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2012-12-17
    Certificate of registration issued as N4008S to the current registrant.
  • 2012-09-04
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 2005-12-20
    N4008S previously assigned to a Cessna Citation XLS / Citation Excel (s/n 560-5540); cancelled.
  • 1993-08-04
    N4008S previously assigned to a Ayres S2R-T15 (s/n T15002); cancelled.
  • 1975-04-14
    N4008S previously assigned to a Sikorsky S-65C3 (s/n 65-394); cancelled.
Overview

About N4008S

N4008S is a 2012 Head Balloons AX8-88, serial number 422. The FAA register lists Pilot Properties of the Hudson Valley LLC as the registrant in Lagrangeville, New York. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 17, 2012 and expires on December 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated September 4, 2012.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N4008S. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1991-10-05 Accident · Cordell, OK Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · FTW92DPJ01
Reported aircraft: Ayres S2R-T15 — a different aircraft that carried the N4008S registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: INADVERTENT STALL. A FACTOR WAS THAT THE AIRCRAFT WEIGHT AND BALANCE LIMITATIONS WERE EXCEEDED.

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.