Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 260A
N261RR is an Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 260A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2012. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Gentle Breeze Ballooning LLC, an LLC in Phoenix, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 18, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 18, 2012.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand
- Model
- 260A
- Serial number
- 5520
- Type
- Balloon
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2012
- Transponder code
- A2843B (octal 50502073)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 18, 2026
- Expires
- September 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- September 18, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon · September 18, 2012
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01100548
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gentle Breeze Ballooning LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 2155 E Liberty Ln Apt 133
Phoenix, AZ 85048-8130
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N261RR, 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 Gentle Breeze Ballooning LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 18, 2026, expires September 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated September 18, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5520 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N261RR 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 N261RR: Accident on March 2, 2026 at Casa Grande, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Lindstrand 260A · operated under 091
The hot air balloon’s encounter with downdraft wind conditions in mountainous terrain and subsequent impact with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR26LA118 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data