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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77A
N116LB is an Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77A, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Marion, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 2023 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 1, 2001.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand
- Model
- 77A · all 77As and related versions
- Built of
- fabric and wickerA hot-air balloon: a coated nylon envelope, stainless-steel cables, and a wicker or aluminium basket under a propane burner. This is how the Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 5162
- Type
- BalloonFAA type of aircraft code 2 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A04379 (octal 50041571)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 16, 2023
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 29, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · BalloonFAA certificate purpose code B (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 1, 2001
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00993834
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Winkel John H
- Type
- Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2885 Brandon Ct
Marion, IA 52302-6226 - Co-owners
- Winkel Patrice A
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N116LB links to the rest of the register
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77 94 registered
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 444 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Marion, IA 43 aircraft registered in this town
- Marion Airport · C17
- Iowa 4,504 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N116LB, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Winkel John H, a co-owned, certificate issued January 16, 2023, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5162 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N116LB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bohnker Larry L TIERRA II (serial 01, cancelled September 11, 1997). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N116LB: Accident on June 5, 1988 at Audubon, IA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bohnker TIERRA II · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data