Balloon

N9001S

2024 Head Balloons AX8-88B

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2024
Serial
523
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Overland Park, KS
Registration record

N9001S on the FAA register

Type
2024 Head Balloons AX8-88B
Serial
523
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Overland Park, KS
Certificate issued
2025-01-08
Airworthiness date
2024-11-05
Registration expires
2032-01-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
AC71B8
Mode S (octal)
53070670
Seats (type)
4
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 N9001S to the current registrant.
  • 2024-11-05
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 2013-05-17
    N9001S previously assigned to a Aerospatiale AS350B (s/n 1022); cancelled.
  • 1975-01-27
    N9001S previously assigned to a Beechcraft D95A Travel Air (s/n TD-638); cancelled.
Overview

About N9001S

N9001S is a 2024 Head Balloons AX8-88B, serial number 523. It is registered to an individual in Overland Park, Kansas. 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 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated November 5, 2024.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N9001S. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1991-10-26 Accident · Scottsdale, AZ Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · LAX92FA025
Reported aircraft: Aerospatiale AS350B — a different aircraft that carried the N9001S registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: AN UNDETERMINED MALFUNCTION OF THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM IN WHICH THE SYSTEM WAS LOCKED, PREVENTING THE MOVEMENT OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS, AND LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

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.