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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Lindstrand Balloons 90A
N4030A is a Lindstrand Balloons 90A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1995. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Elverson, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 14, 2020 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 1, 1997.
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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
- 233
- 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
- 1995
- Transponder code
- A4BA1F (octal 51135037)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 14, 2020
- Expires
- December 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 7, 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 1, 1997
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00546511
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Parson Ty L
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 617 Briarwood Dr
Elverson, PA 19520-8635
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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 3
Connections how N4030A 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
- Elverson, PA 9 aircraft registered in this town
- Pennsylvania 6,195 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 N4030A, 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 Parson Ty L, an individual, certificate issued December 14, 2020, expires December 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 1, 1997, consistent with the 1995 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 233 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4030A was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (serial 1537, cancelled November 28, 1994); Jp Special A-1 (serial 1, cancelled September 22, 1964); Hiller UH-12E (serial 5147, cancelled date not given). 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 N4030A: Accident on April 15, 1991 at Piru, CA: serious injuries, destroyed. Accident on July 15, 1984 at Orcutt, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R-22B · operated under 091
1) THE PILOT FAILING TO MAINTAIN VISUAL LOOKOUT, AND 2) INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH UNMARKED TRANSMISSION WIRES.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hiller UH-12E · operated under 091
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data