Balloon

N5125L

1999 Aerostar International S53A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1999
Serial
S53A-3061
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Lighter Than Air America (Corporation)
Based
Boise, ID
Registration record

N5125L on the FAA register

Type
1999 Aerostar International S53A
Serial
S53A-3061
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Lighter Than Air America
Boise, ID
Certificate issued
1999-10-05
Airworthiness date
1999-06-04
Registration expires
2028-08-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A66BEF
Mode S (octal)
51465757
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 1999-10-05
    Certificate of registration issued as N5125L to the current registrant.
  • 1999-06-04
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 1971-09-20
    N5125L previously assigned to a Piper Cherokee 180 / Archer / Challenger 180 (s/n 28-4408); cancelled.
Overview

About N5125L

N5125L is a 1999 Aerostar International S53A, serial number S53A-3061. The FAA register lists Lighter Than Air America as the registrant in Boise, Idaho. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 5, 1999 and expires on August 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated June 4, 1999.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5125L. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1971-06-26 Accident · Lake Tahoe,Calif, 05 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 1192
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28 — a different aircraft that carried the N5125L registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: MOORE NAS. CONT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEA. HIT MTN.

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.