Balloon

N5526

Homebuilt Hot Air-Balloon

Registered No accidents on file

Built

—

Serial

5526

Class

Balloon

Engines

2 × Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Co-owned · sign in to see

Based

Triangle, VA

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Registration record

N5526 on the FAA register

Type

Homebuilt Hot Air-Balloon

Serial

5526

Engines

2 × Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG

Registered owner

Co-owned — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in

Triangle, VA

Certificate issued

2016-11-16

Airworthiness date

1981-05-14

Registration expires

2029-11-30

Airworthiness class

Experimental · amateur-built

Mode S (hex)

A70A03

Mode S (octal)

51605003

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2029-11-30
Registration expires (renewal due).
2016-11-16
Certificate of registration issued as N5526 to the current registrant.
1981-05-14
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
1969-07-25
N5526 previously assigned to a Lockheed 188A (s/n 188A-1042); cancelled.

Overview

About N5526

N5526 is a Homebuilt Hot Air-Balloon, serial number 5526. It is registered to co-owners in Triangle, Virginia. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 16, 2016 and expires on November 30, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon, two Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engines and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated May 14, 1981.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5526. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1969-02-27 Incident · Richmond,Va, 46 Damage: Minor NTSB · 4 0006

Reported aircraft: Lockheed 188-A — a different aircraft that carried the N5526 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.