Balloon

N7162P

2023 Homebuilt BARD77

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2023
Serial
031848
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Sun Prairie, WI
Registration record

N7162P on the FAA register

Type
2023 Homebuilt BARD77
Serial
031848
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Sun Prairie, WI
Certificate issued
2025-01-08
Airworthiness date
2023-06-15
Registration expires
2032-01-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A99503
Mode S (octal)
52312403
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-01-08
    Certificate of registration issued as N7162P to the current registrant.
  • 2023-06-15
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1990-07-16
    N7162P previously assigned to a Piper Comanche 250 (s/n 242328); cancelled.
Overview

About N7162P

N7162P is a 2023 Homebuilt BARD77, serial number 031848. It is registered to an individual in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 8, 2025 and expires on January 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated June 15, 2023.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N7162P. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1989-07-28 Accident · True, WV Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · BFO89FA063
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-24-250 — a different aircraft that carried the N7162P registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOTS FAILURE TO PROPERLY MONITOR THE FUEL SUPPLY WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AS THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID THE MOUNTAIN TOP.
1965-09-05 Accident · Gaithersburg Md, 20 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 2630
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-24 — a different aircraft that carried the N7162P 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.