Type Record · As of May 3, 2026
CAMERON BALLOONS Z-90
Balloon
Registered
69
Year Range
1998–2017
NTSB Events
21
Airworthiness Directives
0
01 / Distribution
Where the fleet lives and was built
Counts of currently-registered CAMERON BALLOONS Z-90 aircraft by US state and decade of manufacture, sourced from the FAA Aircraft Registry.
By State (top 10)
- NM 14.5% 10
- MI 10.1% 7
- CO 10.1% 7
- AZ 10.1% 7
- OH 7.2% 5
- CA 4.3% 3
- MO 4.3% 3
- TN 2.9% 2
- TX 2.9% 2
- FL 2.9% 2
+17 more states
By Decade of Manufacture
- 1990s 5.8% 4
- 2000s 42.0% 29
- 2010s 30.4% 21
- Unknown 21.7% 15
02 / NTSB Records
Events involving CAMERON BALLOONS Z-90 aircraft
21 event(s) on file. Showing the most recent 21.
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Mar 20, 2021
N4505BCelina, Texas
NTSB Docket → -
Sep 4, 2016
N982ZSMorrill, Nebraska
NTSB Docket → -
Feb 15, 2015
N681SJBernalillo, New Mexico Serious
NTSB Docket → -
Jun 6, 2012
N401DJSellersburg, Indiana Serious
NTSB Docket → -
Dec 3, 2004
N21213Belle Fourche, South Dakota Minor
NTSB Docket → -
Dec 3, 2003
N65455Pontiac, Michigan Serious
NTSB Docket → -
Feb 18, 2003
N65005Santa Susana, California Serious
NTSB Docket → -
Dec 18, 2001
N984ZSMcintosh, New Mexico Serious
NTSB Docket → -
Jan 10, 2001
N4002AMesa, Arizona Minor
NTSB Docket → -
May 9, 2000
N6951RANCHORAGE, Alaska
NTSB Docket → -
Feb 8, 2000
N4014TNEW BRAUNFELS, Texas Fatal
NTSB Docket → -
Oct 9, 1997
N4027LLIBERTY, Nebraska
NTSB Docket → -
Oct 2, 1994
N65454GREENWOOD, Mississippi
NTSB Docket → -
Sep 6, 1994
N80235ENFIELD, New York Serious
NTSB Docket → -
Jan 22, 1994
N4510NWASECA, Minnesota Fatal
NTSB Docket → -
Sep 19, 1985
N6951ASHIRLEYVILLE, Alaska
NTSB Docket → -
May 18, 1983
N4027LTHERMAL, California
NTSB Docket → -
Apr 21, 1977
N80506IOLA, Kansas Minor
NTSB Docket → -
Jun 14, 1973
N4460ZANTIOCH, West Virginia
NTSB Docket → -
May 26, 1973
N2304AMAZAMA, Washington
NTSB Docket → -
Aug 28, 1964
N1042QHOPKINS, Minnesota
NTSB Docket →
03 / Airworthiness Directives
FAA directives applicable to CAMERON BALLOONS Z-90
No matching airworthiness directives are on file for this make and model in the Federal Register.
04 / Type Certificate Data Sheets
FAA TCDS for CAMERON BALLOONS Z-90
The TCDS is the legal certification document — weight limits, performance, equipment, AD compliance times, operating limitations. 1 match in the FAA catalog.
- B3GL Historical Rev 21 · 12/21/1998
Cameron Balloons US
Models: N-56, N-145, N-120, N-90S + 54 more
06 / Supplemental Type Certificates
Modifications approved for CAMERON BALLOONS Z-90
13 STCs on file — every FAA-approved modification, alteration, or installation for this aircraft. STOL kits, avionics, fuel systems, floats, engine swaps, you name it.
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04/25/2022
STC SB10564SC
Installation of Night Position Lights
Highland Balloon Repair, CRS NHMD682X
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10/05/2017
STC SB09657RC
Installation of Aircraft Position Lights
Albuquerque Balloon Center, Inc.
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09/06/2017
STC SB04407AT
Installation of the DBI-III Omega
Balloonacy, Ltd. LLC
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04/27/2017
STC SB09657RC
Installation of Aircraft Position Lights
Albuquerque Balloon Center, Inc.
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06/23/2015
STC SB03472CH
Replace Cameron Balloons US burner with Lindstrand burner.
Cameron Balloons US
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09/24/2014
STC SB03388CH
Replace Cameron Balloons US burner and Cameron Ltd. Thunder & Colt or Stratus double burner via standard burner with gimbal block.
Cameron Balloons US
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06/19/2013
STC SB03230CH
Replace the Cameron Balloons US burner
Cameron Balloons US
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07/23/2012
STC SB03135CH
ONE-ONLY STC, S/N 6660: Replace the Cameron Balloons US basket, burner, and fuel tanks with Balloon Works 4.9A1 basket; F-1 Mirage burner; and the 3229, 3035, 3258 and 3661 fuel ta…
Cameron Balloons US
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06/28/2012
STC SB03127CH
ONE-ONLY STC, S/N 6658: Replace the Cameron Balloons US burner with a Thunder and Colt Stratus Double Burner built to Type Certificates B2EU and B3EU installed via the standard bur…
Cameron Balloons US
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08/30/2007
STC SB02467CH
Replace the Cameron Balloons US Basket/Burner system and fuel tanks with the Aerostar International Basket Model RWS (P/N 52131), the Aerostar International Burner Model H.P III Du…
Cameron Balloons US
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08/22/2006
STC SB10564SC (1 OF 2)
Installation of Night Posision Lights.
Superiaire Technologies
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03/17/2005
STC SB02125CH
Descriptive data pertaining to this design change are considered inadequate for duplication in other products. This approval is limited to only the installation made in Cameron Ba…
Cameron Balloons US
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05/11/2004
STC SB01983CH
Installation of tailcone ski rack in accordance with Branson Engineering Company, Inc. Drawing List No. 90005, Rev (A), dated July 1, 1995 or later FAA approved revision or Aviatio…
Cameron Balloons US
04 / Regulations watching this type
Advisory Circulars and Federal Register activity for CAMERON BALLOONS Z-90
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 69 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 |
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| N10418 | MD | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N1042Q | NM | 2005 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N11218 | NM | 2006 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N13045 | TN | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N1311N | TX | 2005 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N13HJ | FL | 2003 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N16RX | MI | 2016 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N175MW | CO | 2006 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N190RM | CO | 2012 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N1992F | NY | 2016 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N2009J | NM | 2008 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N2039K | IA | 2008 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N2083J | CO | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N2097W | CA | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N21213 | MO | — | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N2147B | IN | 2008 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N2304A | AZ | 2008 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N345NM | NM | 2011 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N363PC | CT | 2003 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N4002A | OH | 2006 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N4014T | MI | 2007 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N401DJ | KY | 2001 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N4027L | LA | 2007 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N4044S | OH | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N4053S | FL | 2007 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N40612 | MI | 2006 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N429BK | MO | 2001 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N4460J | SD | 1999 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N4460Z | TN | 2000 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N4504R | IN | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N4505B | AZ | 2003 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N45092 | AZ | 2005 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N4510B | MO | 2003 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N4510N | NJ | 2005 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N4KY | NM | 2012 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N510CB | TX | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N540Z | ID | 2013 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N65005 | NM | 2010 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N65066 | NY | 2011 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N65113 | MN | 2015 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N65397 | CO | 2013 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N65454 | CO | 2012 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N65455 | NM | 2012 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N681SJ | NM | 2013 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N69513 | MI | 2017 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N69517 | CO | 2016 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N6951A | OH | 2014 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N6951R | KY | — | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N6951X | AZ | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N69548 | NV | 2015 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N716US | UT | 2003 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N7789Z | IL | 2004 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N792K | CA | 2013 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N80235 | MI | — | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N80452 | AZ | 2002 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N80506 | NM | — | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N8069F | OH | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N820SB | MI | 2008 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N825WB | NC | 2009 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N8484L | NV | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N90955 | OH | 2016 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N90TE | CA | 2002 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N910RM | CO | 2015 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N946CF | AZ | 2017 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N981ZS | OK | 1999 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N982ZS | NE | 1998 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N984ZS | MI | — | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N989JE | AZ | 2004 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N98ZS | NM | 1999 | · | 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 →