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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 150A
N156LB is an Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 150A, a balloon with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 12, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand
- Model
- 150A
- Serial number
- 5168
- Type
- BalloonFAA type of aircraft code 2 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A0E175 (octal 50160565)
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 12, 2025
- Expires
- June 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- June 12, 2025
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00243844
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Castanier Clotaire F
- 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
- 5248 Molokai Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111-1942
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N156LB links to the rest of the register
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 444 aircraft on the register
- Albuquerque, NM 1,181 aircraft registered in this town
- Albuquerque International Sunport · ABQ
- Double Eagle II Airport · AEG
- New Mexico 3,108 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N156LB.json.
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The public federal record on N156LB, 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 Castanier Clotaire F, an individual, certificate issued June 12, 2025, expires June 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5168 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N156LB 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 N156LB: Accident on April 13, 2007 at Mecca, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Arbc Inc 150A · operated under 091
The pilot's decision to fly in forecasted unfavorable wind conditions that exceeded the balloon's capabilities.
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