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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77X
N844LB is an Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77X, a balloon with no engine, built in 2024. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Aeroknot INC, a corporation in Macomb, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 21, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 4, 2024.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand
- Model
- 77X · all 77Xs 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 77 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
- 5790
- 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
- AB8FB1 (octal 52707661)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 21, 2024
- Expires
- June 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- June 21, 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 · April 4, 2024
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01428960
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Aeroknot 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
- 196 Chestatee Ln
Macomb, IL 61455-8917
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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 1
Connections how N844LB links to the rest of the register
- Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77 94 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
- Aeroknot INC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Macomb, IL 17 aircraft registered in this town
- Macomb Municipal · MQB
- Illinois 8,055 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N844LB, 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 Aeroknot INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 21, 2024, expires June 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 4, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5790 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N844LB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Lindstrand Balloons 150A (serial 5283, cancelled May 19, 2015). 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 N844LB: Accident on September 7, 2008 at Phoenixville, PA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Lindstrand Balloons 150A · operated under 091
The separation of a portion of a fuel fitting during a hard landing resulting in release of fuel and a fire in the balloons basket area. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to follow the manufacturer's published procedures to shut down the fuel system prior to landing and the operator's installation of a third fuel tank and the fuel fitting that separated during the hard landing.
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 October 28, 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