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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026Lindstrand Balloons 105A
N40995 is a Lindstrand Balloons 105A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Magniflight LLC, an LLC in Arlington, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 11, 2024 and expires on September 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated February 15, 1998.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Lindstrand Balloons
- Model
- 105A · all 105As 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 105 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
- 5064
- 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
- A4D1C1 (octal 51150701)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 11, 2024
- Expires
- September 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2025
- 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 · February 15, 1998
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00377021
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Magniflight LLC
- 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
- 1433 Crownhill Dr
Arlington, TX 76012-2815
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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 N40995 links to the rest of the register
- Lindstrand Balloons 105 35 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
- Magniflight LLC 12 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to February 20, 2027
- Arlington, TX 254 aircraft registered in this town
- Arlington Municipal · GKY
- Texas 29,938 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lindstrand Balloons 105 3 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Lindstrand Balloons 105 26 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N40995, 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 Magniflight LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 11, 2024, expires September 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated February 15, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5064 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N40995 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Raven Industries Inc. RALLY RX7 (serial RX7332, cancelled July 5, 1994); Piper PA-31-350 (serial 31-8252003, cancelled April 1, 1982); Piper PA-28-235 (serial 28-7410053, cancelled March 20, 1974). 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 N40995: Accident on February 12, 1984 at Albuquerque, NM: serious injuries. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Raven RALLY RX7 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data