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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Lindstrand Balloons 105A
N1517H is a Lindstrand Balloons 105A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2007. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Swisher, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 26, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated November 21, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Lindstrand Balloons
- Model
- 105A · all 105As 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 Lindstrand Balloons 105 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
- 5371
- 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
- 2007
- Transponder code
- A0D13B (octal 50150473)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 26, 2024
- Expires
- June 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- June 26, 2024
- 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 · November 21, 2007
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00363309
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wooge Glen S
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2598 Marak Ct NW Unit 2E
Swisher, IA 52338-4704
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N1517H links to the rest of the register
- Lindstrand Balloons 105 35 registered
- Lindstrand Balloons 252 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Swisher, IA 35 aircraft registered in this town
- Iowa 4,503 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lindstrand Balloons 105 3 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Lindstrand Balloons 105 26 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N1517H, 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 Wooge Glen S, an individual, certificate issued June 26, 2024, expires June 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated November 21, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5371 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1517H according to the deregistered file. [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 N1517H: Accident on March 24, 2018 at Wesley Chapel, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Lindstrand Balloons 105A · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from powerlines during landing approach, which resulted in an inflight collision with the powerlines.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data