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N3010Q

Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 160A

Valid Illinois

N3010Q is an Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 160A, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Galena On The Fly INC, a corporation in Galena, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 25, 2018 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated October 2, 2012.

Aircraft

Maker
Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand
Model
160A · all 160As and related versions
Serial number
5518
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A32570 (octal 50622560)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 25, 2018
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · October 2, 2012
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01106606

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Galena On The Fly INC
Type
Corporation
Address
PO Box 6543
Galena, IL 61036-6543

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

2006-08-23Maule MT-7-235 · Valid registration
1975-01-13Cessna 182K · exported to Canada · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N3010Q, 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 Galena On The Fly INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 25, 2018, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5518 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N3010Q was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Maule MT-7-235 (serial 18014C, cancelled August 23, 2006); Cessna 182K (serial 18258010, cancelled January 13, 1975). 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 N3010Q: Accident on May 26, 2006 at Flushing, MI: no 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

CHI06LA137Accident on May 26, 2006 at Flushing, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 18014C

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule MT-7-235 · operated under 091

The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in the collapse of the amphibian float's nose wheels, and a nose over during the landing roll. Factors associated with the accident were the soft grass runway, and the collapse of the nose wheel fittings.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI06LA137 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data