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N8005U, a Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 90A
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N8005U

Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 90A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNew Mexico

N8005U is an Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 90A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2024. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Rainbow Ryders INC, a corporation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 22, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated July 15, 2024.

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Aircraft

Maker
Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand
Model
90A · all 90As 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 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
5809
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
2024
Transponder code
AAE4F7 (octal 52562367)

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 22, 2024
Expires
August 31, 2031
Last FAA action
August 22, 2024
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 · July 15, 2024
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01444330

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rainbow Ryders 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
5601 Eagle Rock Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113-1765

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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

2018-02-23Infinity Powered Parachutes SE582 · Registration expired, pending cancellation
1978-03-02Douglas DC-8-21 · Sale reported

Connections how N8005U links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N8005U, 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 Rainbow Ryders INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 22, 2024, expires August 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated July 15, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5809 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N8005U was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Infinity Powered Parachutes SE582 (serial IPP-5304, cancelled February 23, 2018); Douglas DC-8-21 (serial 45282, cancelled March 2, 1978). 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N8005U. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data