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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026Lindstrand Balloons 90A
N40051 is a Lindstrand Balloons 90A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 8, 2000 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 15, 1998.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Lindstrand Balloons
- 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 Lindstrand Balloons 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
- 5056
- 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
- 1998
- Transponder code
- A4AFC2 (octal 51127702)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 8, 2000
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 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 · April 15, 1998
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00367021
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Schartner Kay M
- Type
- Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- W241S4115 Pine Hollow Ct
Waukesha, WI 53189-7901 - Co-owners
- Walter Kenneth S JR
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 1
Connections how N40051 links to the rest of the register
- Lindstrand Balloons 90 79 registered
- Lindstrand Balloons 252 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Waukesha, WI 98 aircraft registered in this town
- Waukesha County · UES
- Wisconsin 6,161 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lindstrand Balloons 90 3 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Lindstrand Balloons 90 31 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N40051, 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 Schartner Kay M, a co-owned, certificate issued November 8, 2000, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 15, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5056 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N40051 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-32R-300 (serial 32R7780512, cancelled November 3, 1994). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N40051: Accident on June 17, 2002 at Mukwonago, WI: serious injuries. Accident on June 23, 1994 at Seven Springs, PA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Lindstrand Balloons 90A · operated under 091
The inadequate weather evaluation by the pilot and high winds.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32R-300 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to attain adequate airspeed and his premature liftoff which resulted in a stall mush and collision with trees.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data