Balloon

N6312R

1990 Aerostar International RX 8

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1990
Serial
RX8-3085
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Old World Balloonery LLC (LLC)
Based
Overland Park, KS
Registration record

N6312R on the FAA register

Type
1990 Aerostar International RX 8
Serial
RX8-3085
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Old World Balloonery LLC
Overland Park, KS
Certificate issued
2018-11-08
Airworthiness date
1990-11-29
Registration expires
2028-11-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A84421
Mode S (octal)
52042041
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2018-11-08
    Certificate of registration issued as N6312R to the current registrant.
  • 1990-11-29
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 1988-03-28
    N6312R previously assigned to a Cessna 172RG Cutlass (s/n 172RG0160); cancelled.
  • 1968-02-28
    N6312R previously assigned to a Piper Cherokee 140 / PA-28 Cherokee / Cherokee 160 (s/n 2821478); cancelled.
Overview

About N6312R

N6312R is a 1990 Aerostar International RX 8, serial number RX8-3085. The FAA register lists Old World Balloonery LLC as the registrant in Overland Park, Kansas. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 8, 2018 and expires on November 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated November 29, 1990.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N6312R. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1985-02-16 Accident · Pontiac, MI Damage: Substantial NTSB · CHI85LA112
Reported aircraft: Cessna 172RG — a different aircraft that carried the N6312R registration before this airframe.
1968-01-17 Accident · Slidell,La, 18 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 0060
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28 — a different aircraft that carried the N6312R 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.