Balloon

N5156T

1999 Aerostar International S-55A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1999
Serial
S55A-3078
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Pure Magic Balloon Team LLC (LLC)
Based
Bristol, WI
Registration record

N5156T on the FAA register

Type
1999 Aerostar International S-55A
Serial
S55A-3078
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Pure Magic Balloon Team LLC
Bristol, WI
Certificate issued
2017-05-25
Airworthiness date
1999-01-04
Registration expires
2027-05-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A6773E
Mode S (octal)
51473476
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2017-05-25
    Certificate of registration issued as N5156T to the current registrant.
  • 1999-01-04
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 1990-08-27
    N5156T previously assigned to a American Champion Citabria 7-KCAB / Citabria 7KCAB (s/n 9); cancelled.
Overview

About N5156T

N5156T is a 1999 Aerostar International S-55A, serial number S55A-3078. The FAA register lists Pure Magic Balloon Team LLC as the registrant in Bristol, Wisconsin. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 25, 2017 and expires on May 31, 2027.

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

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5156T. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1990-02-19 Accident · Ojai, CA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · LAX90FA094
Reported aircraft: Champion 7KCAB — a different aircraft that carried the N5156T registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT'S PERFORMING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS AT A LOW ALTITUDE AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE.

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.