Type Record · As of May 3, 2026
RAVEN S-50A
Balloon · NONE NONE
Registered
11
Year Range
1972–1980
NTSB Events
0
Airworthiness Directives
0
01 / Distribution
Where the fleet lives and was built
Counts of currently-registered RAVEN S-50A aircraft by US state and decade of manufacture, sourced from the FAA Aircraft Registry.
By State (top 10)
- NE 18.2% 2
- NM 18.2% 2
- WI 9.1% 1
- PA 9.1% 1
- MI 9.1% 1
- OH 9.1% 1
- AZ 9.1% 1
- AK 9.1% 1
- CA 9.1% 1
By Decade of Manufacture
- 1970s 63.6% 7
- 1980s 9.1% 1
- Unknown 27.3% 3
02 / NTSB Records
Events involving RAVEN S-50A aircraft
No NTSB-recorded events match RAVEN S-50A in the indexed corpus.
03 / Airworthiness Directives
FAA directives applicable to RAVEN S-50A
No matching airworthiness directives are on file for this make and model in the Federal Register.
04 / Type Certificate Data Sheets
FAA TCDS for RAVEN S-50A
The TCDS is the legal certification document — weight limits, performance, equipment, AD compliance times, operating limitations. 1 match in the FAA catalog.
- A15CE Historical Rev 45 · 12/06/2021
Balloonacy LLC
Models: S-64A, BAG, RX-6, S-55A + 45 more
04 / Regulations watching this type
Advisory Circulars and Federal Register activity for RAVEN S-50A
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 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N1221R | NE | 1977 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N1935R | NM | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N1965R | WI | 1972 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N1967R | PA | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N1977R | MI | 1972 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N1991R | NE | 1972 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N51476 | OH | 1973 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N54690 | AZ | 1974 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N5563N | AK | 1980 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N5MM | CA | 1978 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N74TN | NM | — | · | 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 →