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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Lindstrand Balloons 90A
N6053K is a Lindstrand Balloons 90A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2000. 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 August 19, 2000.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Lindstrand Balloons
- Model
- 90A · all 90As 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 90 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
- 5146
- 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
- A7DC9D (octal 51756235)
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 · August 19, 2000
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00685950
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 2
Connections how N6053K links to the rest of the register
- Lindstrand Balloons 90 79 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 252 aircraft registered in this town
- Arlington Municipal · GKY
- Texas 29,966 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lindstrand Balloons 90 3 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Lindstrand Balloons 90 31 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N6053K, 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 August 19, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5146 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N6053K was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 150M (serial 15077497, cancelled February 24, 1997); Republic RC-3 (serial 228, cancelled October 17, 1955). 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 N6053K: Accident on December 2, 1993 at Punta Gorda, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150M · operated under 091
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER USE OF CARBURETOR HEAT DURING A VFR APPROACH FOR LANDING. THIS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL SYSTEM CARBURETOR ICING.
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