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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Arbc 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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand
- Model
- 260A · all 260As 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 260 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
- 5520
- 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
- 2012
- Transponder code
- A2843B (octal 50502073)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 18, 2026
- Expires
- September 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- September 18, 2026
- 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 · September 18, 2012
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01100548
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gentle Breeze 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
- 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.
Connections how N261RR links to the rest of the register
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 260 6 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
- Gentle Breeze Ballooning LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Phoenix, AZ 993 aircraft registered in this town
- Mesa Gateway Airport · IWA
- Phoenix Deer Valley Airport · DVT
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International · PHX
- Arizona 8,410 aircraft registered
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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.
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