Balloon

N542RZ

2018 Homebuilt SS-23-RF

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2018
Serial
MAB2017252
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Maverick Balloon Adventures LLC (LLC)
Based
Darlington, SC
Registration record

N542RZ on the FAA register

Type
2018 Homebuilt SS-23-RF
Serial
MAB2017252
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Maverick Balloon Adventures LLC
Darlington, SC
Certificate issued
—
Airworthiness date
2018-05-12
Registration expires
—
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A6E0E9
Mode S (octal)
51560351
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2018-05-12
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
Overview

About N542RZ

N542RZ is a 2018 Homebuilt SS-23-RF, serial number MAB2017252. The FAA register lists Maverick Balloon Adventures LLC as the registrant in Darlington, South Carolina.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated May 12, 2018.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N542RZ.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N542RZ.

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.