We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type data
Airframe
Manufacturer
Aerostar International INC
Model
SP I
Year
1993
Serial number
SPI-3001
Aircraft type
Balloon
Category
Land
Certification
Type Certificated
Seats
1
Max takeoff weight
Up to 12,499 lb
Mode S code
ABF58F
Engine
Make and model
None None
Type
None
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records
1993 – nowFriends Of Smokey The Bear BalloonAlbuquerque, NM · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026
NTSB events (1)
Accident · destroyed
Oct 10, 2004 · Albuquerque, NM
the pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the radio tower. Contributing factors were the pilot's improper compensation for the variable wind conditions.
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
Sources
FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026