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N605KD

Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 260A

N605KD is an Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 260A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2022. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Flying Circus INC, a corporation in Custer, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 24, 2022 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 19, 2022.

Aircraft

Maker
Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand
Model
260A · all 260As and related versions
Serial number
5770
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2022
Transponder code
A7DAB7 (octal 51755267)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 24, 2022
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 19, 2022
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01361404

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Flying Circus INC
Type
Corporation
Address
757 Mount Rushmore Rd
Custer, SD 57730-1638

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N605KD, 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 Flying Circus INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 24, 2022, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 19, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5770 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N605KD according to the deregistered file. [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

2 NTSB records under N605KD: Accident on September 27, 2024 at Custer, SD: serious injuries. Accident on July 12, 2023 at Custer, SD: serious injuries. 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 2

CEN24LA369Accident on September 27, 2024 at Custer, SD: serious injuries.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Arbc INC DBA Lindstrand 260A · operated under 091

The balloon landing in increased wind, which resulted in a hard landing and the serious injury of a passenger.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN24LA369 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CEN23LA302Accident on July 12, 2023 at Custer, SD: serious injuries.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Arbc INC DBA Lindstrand 260A · operated under 091

The pilot’s weather encounter that resulted in a high speed landing, the balloon tipping over, and serious injury to a passenger.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN23LA302 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data