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N844LB

Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 77X

Valid Illinois

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.

Aircraft

Maker
Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand
Model
77X · all 77Xs and related versions
Serial number
5790
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2024
Transponder code
AB8FB1 (octal 52707661)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 21, 2024
Expires
June 30, 2031
Last FAA action
June 21, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · April 4, 2024
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01428960

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Aeroknot INC
Type
Corporation
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

2015-05-19Lindstrand Balloons 150A · Registration expired, pending cancellation

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Aeroknot INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 21, 2024, expires June 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 4, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5790 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

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]

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

1 NTSB record under N844LB: Accident on September 7, 2008 at Phoenixville, PA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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 1

NYC08FA307Accident on September 7, 2008 at Phoenixville, PA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).

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.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC08FA307 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