Balloon

N7161S

1996 Aerostar International S53A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1996
Serial
S53A-3025
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Burlington, VT
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Registration record

N7161S on the FAA register

Type
1996 Aerostar International S53A
Serial
S53A-3025
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Burlington, VT
Certificate issued
2025-08-26
Airworthiness date
1996-08-20
Registration expires
2032-08-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
A994E3
Mode S (octal)
52312343
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-08-26
    Certificate of registration issued as N7161S to the current registrant.
  • 1996-08-20
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 1989-10-20
    N7161S previously assigned to a Cessna R182RG Skylane / R-182RG (s/n R18201700); cancelled.
Overview

About N7161S

N7161S is a 1996 Aerostar International S53A, serial number S53A-3025. It is registered to an individual in Burlington, Vermont. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 26, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated August 20, 1996.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N7161S. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1985-05-27 Accident · Seneca, SC Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · ATL85FA173
Reported aircraft: Cessna R182 — a different aircraft that carried the N7161S 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.