Type Record · As of May 3, 2026
ADAMS BALLOONS LLC A55S
Balloon · NONE NONE
Registered
10
Year Range
2019–2021
NTSB Events
3
Airworthiness Directives
0
01 / Distribution
Where the fleet lives and was built
Counts of currently-registered ADAMS BALLOONS LLC A55S aircraft by US state and decade of manufacture, sourced from the FAA Aircraft Registry.
By State (top 10)
- NM 60.0% 6
- NY 10.0% 1
- CO 10.0% 1
- AZ 10.0% 1
- MI 10.0% 1
By Decade of Manufacture
- 2010s 30.0% 3
- 2020s 60.0% 6
- Unknown 10.0% 1
02 / NTSB Records
Events involving ADAMS BALLOONS LLC A55S aircraft
3 event(s) on file. Showing the most recent 3.
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Apr 10, 2022
N866RASafford, Arizona Serious
NTSB Docket → -
Feb 24, 1982
N491AHURON, California Fatal
NTSB Docket → -
Apr 3, 1964
N4228GMOUNG HIEM, Other Foreign
NTSB Docket →
03 / Airworthiness Directives
FAA directives applicable to ADAMS BALLOONS LLC A55S
No matching airworthiness directives are on file for this make and model in the Federal Register.
04 / Type Certificate Data Sheets
FAA TCDS for ADAMS BALLOONS LLC A55S
The TCDS is the legal certification document — weight limits, performance, equipment, AD compliance times, operating limitations. 1 match in the FAA catalog.
- A15SO Historical Rev 15 · 12/19/2016
Andrew Philip Richardson DBA
Models: A50S, LD-S, A55, A55S + 2 more
04 / Regulations watching this type
Advisory Circulars and Federal Register activity for ADAMS BALLOONS LLC A55S
Advisory Circulars
No ACs explicitly mention this type. Showing universal operating-rule ACs that apply to all aircraft.
Recent Federal Register activity
Latest rulemakings touching general operating rules (Part 91) and maintenance rules (Part 43).
- 2026-04-17 Settlement Policy for Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Cases FR ↗
- 2026-02-10 Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations; Reopening of Comment Period; Denial of Extension FR ↗
- 2026-02-02 25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) Requirement, New Aircraft Production FR ↗
- 2026-01-28 Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations; Reopening of Comment Period FR ↗
- 2026-01-07 Requirements for Interference-Tolerant Radio Altimeter Systems FR ↗
05 / Aircraft of this type
All 10 registered N-numbers
Every tail currently on the FAA registry for this make/model. Click an N-number to query the FAA Aircraft Inquiry; rows flagged ● have NTSB events on file. Tails seeded with full TallyAero pages link directly.
| N-number | St | Year | NTSB | FAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N395A | NM | 2019 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N4228G | NY | 2020 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N491A | CO | 2020 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N866RA | AZ | 2019 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N867QA | NM | 2019 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N894VA | NM | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N895AB | NM | 2021 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N895SA | NM | 2021 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N906UB | MI | 2021 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N906XA | NM | 2021 | · | Look up ↗ |
Source — FAA Aircraft Registry · click "Look up" to query the live registry record (owner, address, last airworthiness)
05 / Sources & Methodology
Every count traces back to a primary US-government source
- FAA Aircraft Registry →
Refreshed Apr 27, 2026
Available
- NTSB CAROL →
Refreshed Apr 27, 2026
Available
- Federal Register (FAA Airworthiness Directives) →
Refreshed Apr 27, 2026
Available
We render counts and lists as the agency publishes them. Read the methodology →