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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77A
N477LB is an Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2006. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 31, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 1, 2006.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand
- Model
- 77A · all 77As 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 77 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
- 5320
- 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
- 2006
- Transponder code
- A5DC17 (octal 51356027)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 31, 2023
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- April 27, 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 · March 1, 2006
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00228079
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hofheins Mark e
- 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
- 5808 Rio Lama Rd NE
Rio Rancho, NM 87144-6002
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N477LB links to the rest of the register
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77 94 registered
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 444 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rio Rancho, NM 120 aircraft registered in this town
- New Mexico 3,108 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N477LB, 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 Hofheins Mark e, an individual, certificate issued March 31, 2023, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated March 1, 2006, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5320 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N477LB according to the deregistered file. [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 N477LB: Accident on January 23, 2021 at Rio Rancho, NM: fatal (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Arbc INC DBA Lindstrand 77A · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper descent rate during the balloon’s approach to landing, which resulted in a hard landing and fatal passenger injury when the passenger fell out of the basket.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data