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N26470, a Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77A
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N26470

Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMissouri

N26470 is an Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2013. It has 1 seat. It is registered to State of Missouri/Missouri Lottery, a government body in Jefferson City, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 4, 2014 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated November 6, 2013.

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Aircraft

Maker
Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand
Model
77A · all 77As and related versions
Built of
fabric and wicker
A 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 77 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
5546
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
2013
Transponder code
A2913F (octal 50510477)

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 4, 2014
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
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 6, 2013
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01132577

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
State of Missouri/Missouri Lottery
Type
GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1823 Southridge Dr
Jefferson City, MO 65109-5645

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 2

2001-03-16Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1953-02-03Meyers OTW · Valid registration

Connections how N26470 links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N26470, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to State of Missouri/Missouri Lottery, a government body, certificate issued June 4, 2014, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated November 6, 2013, consistent with the 2013 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5546 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N26470 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A (serial AA5A0614, cancelled March 16, 2001); Meyers OTW (serial 23, cancelled February 3, 1953). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N26470: Accident on October 26, 2000 at Gardena, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

LAX01FA027Accident on October 26, 2000 at Gardena, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: AA5A-0614

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman American AA-5A · operated under 091

The engine lost power for undetermined reasons.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data