Balloon

N5315J

2025 Homebuilt WEST-2

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
003
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Mountain West Aeronautics (Corporation)
Based
Custer, SD
Registration record

N5315J on the FAA register

Type
2025 Homebuilt WEST-2
Serial
003
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Mountain West Aeronautics
Custer, SD
Certificate issued
2025-09-24
Airworthiness date
2025-01-23
Registration expires
2032-09-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A6B734
Mode S (octal)
51533464
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-09-24
    Certificate of registration issued as N5315J to the current registrant.
  • 2025-01-23
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2013-04-08
    N5315J previously assigned to a Aerostar International S-57A (s/n S57A-3234); cancelled.
Overview

About N5315J

N5315J is a 2025 Homebuilt WEST-2, serial number 003. The FAA register lists Mountain West Aeronautics as the registrant in Custer, South Dakota. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 24, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated January 23, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N5315J.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N5315J.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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