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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 90A
N4018G is an Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 90A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2020. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Kaymeg LLC DBA, an LLC in Ankeny, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 26, 2021 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 24, 2020.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand
- 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 Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 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
- 5731
- 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
- 2020
- Transponder code
- A4B3CF (octal 51131717)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 26, 2021
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 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 · June 24, 2020
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01317871
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kaymeg LLC DBA
- 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
- PO Box 1282
Ankeny, IA 50021-0976 - Co-owners
- Catch the Wind Balloon Adventures
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Connections how N4018G links to the rest of the register
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 90 148 registered
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 443 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Kaymeg LLC DBA 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Ankeny, IA 99 aircraft registered in this town
- Ankeny Regional · IKV
- Iowa 4,514 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N4018G, 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 Kaymeg LLC DBA, an LLC, certificate issued July 26, 2021, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 24, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5731 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4018G was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Hoover Todd CHALLENGER II STD (serial CH2-0102-2184, cancelled April 30, 2013); Bell 206B (serial 278, cancelled May 13, 1981). 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]
1 NTSB record under N4018G: Accident on March 26, 2005 at La Grande, OR: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hoover Challenger II STD · operated under 091
The pilot's VFR flight into IMC and his failure to maintain clearance with terrain during cruise flight. Factors were the existing weather conditions that included low ceilings, snow, obscuration, and the mountainous, rising terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data