Balloon

N5563K

1979 Raven Industries S45A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1979
Serial
S45A-101
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Bluegrass Balloons LLC (LLC)
Based
Louisville, KY
Registration record

N5563K on the FAA register

Type
1979 Raven Industries S45A
Serial
S45A-101
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Bluegrass Balloons LLC
Louisville, KY
Certificate issued
2006-09-29
Airworthiness date
1980-09-24
Registration expires
2028-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A71880
Mode S (octal)
51614200
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2006-09-29
    Certificate of registration issued as N5563K.
  • 1980-09-24
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1979
    Manufactured (1979).
Overview

About N5563K

N5563K is a 1979 Raven Industries S45A, serial number S45A-101. The FAA register lists Bluegrass Balloons LLC as the registrant in Louisville, Kentucky. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 29, 2006 and expires on May 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated September 24, 1980.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N5563K.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N5563K.

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.