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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Lindstrand Balloons 105A
N6004E is a Lindstrand Balloons 105A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2000. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in El Paso, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 19, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 24, 2000.
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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
- 5129
- 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
- 2000
- Transponder code
- A7CA28 (octal 51745050)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 19, 2025
- Expires
- May 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 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 · April 24, 2000
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00193513
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Smatana Bernard F
- 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
- 5146 Sterling Pl
El Paso, TX 79932-2516
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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 1
Connections how N6004E 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
- El Paso, TX 312 aircraft registered in this town
- EL Paso International · ELP
- Texas 29,966 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 N6004E, 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 Smatana Bernard F, an individual, certificate issued May 19, 2025, expires May 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 24, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5129 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N6004E was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech 76 (serial ME127, cancelled October 1, 1996). 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 N6004E: Accident on June 28, 1994 at Elizabeth, PA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 76 · operated under 091
1) THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (CFI) TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF THE DUAL STUDENT DURING A SIMULATED SINGLE-ENGINE APPROACH, AND 2) HIS FAILURE TO PERFORM REMEDIAL ACTION. THIS LED TO A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE GROUND. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE DUAL STUDENT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN MINIMUM CONTROLLABLE AIRSPEED AND A PROPER GLIDEPATH TO THE RUNWAY DURING THE APPROACH.
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