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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Arbc 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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand
- Model
- 260A · all 260As 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 Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 260 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
- 5770
- 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
- 2022
- Transponder code
- A7DAB7 (octal 51755267)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 24, 2022
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- 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 · May 19, 2022
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01361404
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Flying Circus INC
- 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
- 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.
Connections how N605KD links to the rest of the register
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 260 6 registered
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 443 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Flying Circus INC 6 aircraft in the fleet
- Custer, SD 44 aircraft registered in this town
- Custer County · CUT
- South Dakota 2,273 aircraft registered
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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.
Valid registration to Flying Circus INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 24, 2022, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated May 19, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5770 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N605KD 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]
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]
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NTSB records 2
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data