Balloon

N5117N

2024 Kubicek Factory S R O BB20XR

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2024
Serial
2379
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Lynnwood, WA
Registration record

N5117N on the FAA register

Type
2024 Kubicek Factory S R O BB20XR
Serial
2379
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Lynnwood, WA
Certificate issued
2025-07-11
Airworthiness date
2025-02-25
Registration expires
2032-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A66880
Mode S (octal)
51464200
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-07-11
    Certificate of registration issued as N5117N to the current registrant.
  • 2025-02-25
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 2024
    Manufactured (2024).
  • 2018-01-23
    N5117N previously assigned to a Cessna 182Q Skylane (s/n 18267528); cancelled.
  • 1952-01-04
    N5117N previously assigned to a Cessna T-50 (s/n 2831); cancelled.
Overview

About N5117N

N5117N is a 2024 Kubicek Factory S R O BB20XR, serial number 2379. It is registered to an individual in Lynnwood, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 11, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated February 25, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5117N. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1996-10-18 Accident · Pocatello, ID Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · SEA97LA017
Reported aircraft: Cessna 182Q — a different aircraft that carried the N5117N registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: inadequate preflight by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to an inadequate supply of fuel. Soft terrain at the emergency landing site was a related factor.

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.