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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 28, 2026Lindstrand Balloons 240A
N494LB is a Lindstrand Balloons 240A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2007. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Pagosa Adventure LLC, an LLC in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 26, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 12, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Lindstrand Balloons
- Model
- 240A
- Serial number
- 5377
- 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
- 2007
- Transponder code
- A61FF0 (octal 51417760)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 26, 2024
- Expires
- August 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- August 26, 2024
- 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 12, 2007
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00356229
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pagosa Adventure 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
- 250 Hot Springs Blvd Unit 2796
Pagosa Springs, CO 81147-4144
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N494LB links to the rest of the register
- Lindstrand Balloons 252 aircraft on the register
- Pagosa Adventure LLC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Pagosa Springs, CO 71 aircraft registered in this town
- Stevens Field · PSO
- Colorado 7,453 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N494LB, 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 Pagosa Adventure LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 26, 2024, expires August 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 12, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5377 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N494LB 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 N494LB: Accident on August 4, 2009 at Albuquerque, NM: serious injuries. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Lindstrand Balloons 240A · operated under 091
A run-on landing of the balloon causing the basket to tip over, resulting in a passenger's injury.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data