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N60078

Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77X

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNebraska

N60078 is an Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77X, a balloon with no engine, built in 2015. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Priority Balloons LTD, a corporation in Bellevue, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 28, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 1, 2015.

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Aircraft

Maker
Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand
Model
77X · all 77Xs and related versions
Built of
fabric and wicker
A 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
5583
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
2015
Transponder code
A7CAAD (octal 51745255)

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 28, 2026
Expires
August 31, 2033
Last FAA action
August 28, 2026
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 1, 2015
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01176174

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Priority Balloons LTD
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1507 Brenda Dr
Bellevue, NE 68005-2354

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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

1975-01-22Cessna 150J · Valid registration

Connections how N60078 links to the rest of the register

Design
Owner
Place
  • Bellevue, NE 26 aircraft registered in this town
  • Nebraska 2,950 aircraft registered

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The public federal record on N60078, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Priority Balloons LTD, a corporation, certificate issued August 28, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated June 1, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5583 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N60078 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150J (serial 15070059, cancelled January 22, 1975). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N60078: Accident on July 6, 1995 at Wheeling, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

CHI95LA210Accident on July 6, 1995 at Wheeling, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: ME-139

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 76 · operated under 091

the dual student's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions, and the CFI's inadequate supervision of the flight. A factor associated with the accident was the gusty crosswind condition.

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data