Balloon

N61BE

Homebuilt Waddell BB-1

Registered No accidents on file

Built

—

Serial

2025-1BW-1

Class

Balloon

Engines

—

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Individual · sign in to see

Based

Glen, NH

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Registration record

N61BE on the FAA register

Type

Homebuilt Waddell BB-1

Serial

2025-1BW-1

Engines

—

Registered owner

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

Glen, NH

Certificate issued

2025-10-09

Airworthiness date

—

Registration expires

2032-10-31

Airworthiness class

—

Mode S (hex)

A7EC83

Mode S (octal)

51766203

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2032-10-31
Registration expires (renewal due).
2025-10-09
Certificate of registration issued as N61BE to the current registrant.
2018-12-20
N61BE previously assigned to a Homebuilt Edwards-Wheeler Exp (s/n 1); cancelled.

Overview

About N61BE

N61BE is a Homebuilt Waddell BB-1, serial number 2025-1BW-1. It is registered to an individual in Glen, New Hampshire. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 9, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 3 seats.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N61BE. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1988-12-10 Accident · Hutchinson, KS Damage: Substantial NTSB · MKC89FA038

Reported aircraft: Cessna 650 — a different aircraft that carried the N61BE 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.