Balloon

N9146S

1998 Aerostar International RX-7

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1998
Serial
RX7-3331
Class
Balloon
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Durango, CO
Registration record

N9146S on the FAA register

Type
1998 Aerostar International RX-7
Serial
RX7-3331
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Durango, CO
Certificate issued
2020-09-15
Airworthiness date
1998-11-23
Registration expires
2027-09-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · balloon
Mode S (hex)
ACA8C2
Mode S (octal)
53124302
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-09-15
    Certificate of registration issued as N9146S to the current registrant.
  • 1998-11-23
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (balloon)).
  • 1993-07-20
    N9146S previously assigned to a Beechcraft C23 Sundowner / Sundowner C23 / Sundowner C-23 (s/n M1769); cancelled.
Overview

About N9146S

N9146S is a 1998 Aerostar International RX-7, serial number RX7-3331. It is registered to an individual in Durango, Colorado. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 15, 2020 and expires on September 30, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a balloon and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (balloon), dated November 23, 1998.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N9146S. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1991-02-14 Accident · Concord, NC Damage: Substantial NTSB · ATL91LA055
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft C23 — a different aircraft that carried the N9146S registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING IN THAT HE DISREGARDED THE CROSSWIND LIMIT IN THE PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK. FACTORS WERE THE WET RUNWAY AND THE RAVINE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

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.