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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 90A
N170LB is an Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 90A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2014. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Bucket List Ballooning LLC, an LLC in Brainerd, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 23, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated February 24, 2014.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand
- Model
- 90A · all 90As 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 90 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
- 5548
- 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
- 2014
- Transponder code
- A11A29 (octal 50215051)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 23, 2024
- Expires
- March 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- March 23, 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 · February 24, 2014
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01138080
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bucket List Ballooning LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 15836 Nokay Lake Rd
Brainerd, MN 56401-5784
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N170LB links to the rest of the register
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 90 148 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
- Bucket List Ballooning LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Brainerd, MN 57 aircraft registered in this town
- Brainerd Lakes Regional · BRD
- Minnesota 6,933 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N170LB, 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 Bucket List Ballooning LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 23, 2024, expires March 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated February 24, 2014, consistent with the 2014 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5548 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N170LB 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 N170LB: Accident on October 13, 2002 at Watkinsville, GA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 170B · operated under 091
The pilot's inadvertent collision with an ant hill during takeoff that resulted in a ground loop and the subsequent collision collision with the ground. A factor was unsuitable terrain.
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