Balloon

N5272Y

2000 Aerostar International RX 8

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2000
Serial
RX8-3334
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Box Elder, SD
Registration record

N5272Y on the FAA register

Type
2000 Aerostar International RX 8
Serial
RX8-3334
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Box Elder, SD
Certificate issued
2025-08-01
Airworthiness date
2000-03-29
Registration expires
2032-08-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A6A5A4
Mode S (octal)
51522644
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-08-01
    Certificate of registration issued as N5272Y to the current registrant.
  • 2000-03-29
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 1995-09-30
    N5272Y previously assigned to a Piper Turbo Aztec F / Turbo Aztec E / Aztec B (s/n 272337); cancelled.
Overview

About N5272Y

N5272Y is a 2000 Aerostar International RX 8, serial number RX8-3334. It is registered to an individual in Box Elder, South Dakota. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 1, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated March 29, 2000.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5272Y. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1993-05-27 Accident · Searcy, AR Damage: Substantial NTSB · FTW93LA170
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-23-250 — a different aircraft that carried the N5272Y registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: TOTAL POWER LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO UNDETERMINED REASONS. A FACTOR WAS THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.
1965-06-19 Accident · Antelope Wells Tx, 43 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1452
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-23 — a different aircraft that carried the N5272Y 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.