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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N801LB

Lindstrand Balloons 90A

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

N801LB is a Lindstrand Balloons 90A, a balloon with no engine, built in 2005. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 12, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 14, 2005.

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Aircraft

Maker
Lindstrand Balloons
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 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
5306
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
2005
Transponder code
AAE690 (octal 52563220)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 12, 2025
Expires
December 31, 2032
Last FAA action
December 12, 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 · September 14, 2005
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00201339

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shipman Shane Lee
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
225 Moonstone Dr NE
Rio Rancho, NM 87124-4849

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N801LB links to the rest of the register

Design
Place
  • Rio Rancho, NM 120 aircraft registered in this town
  • New Mexico 3,108 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N801LB, 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 Shipman Shane Lee, an individual, certificate issued December 12, 2025, expires December 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated September 14, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5306 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N801LB 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N801LB. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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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 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