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Balloon · 1981 · Coronado, CA
N4042S is a 1981 Balloon (serial S55A-852), registered to Kimmich Russ S (individual) in Coronado, CA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires January 2029; the airworthiness certificate dates from December 1981 (44 years ago). It carries a None NONE engine, the engine on 94% of registered Balloons. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A4BE2C. It is one of 57 Balloon aircraft on the FAA registry. Kimmich Russ S holds 2 aircraft on the registry.
Source: FAA aircraft registry (public record). Community reviews and photos below.
49 of the 52 registered Balloon carry this engine (94%), across 2 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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