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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Lindstrand Balloons 69A
N96LN is a Lindstrand Balloons 69A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1996. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Santa Fe Balloons LLC, an LLC in Hutto, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 15, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 10, 1996.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Lindstrand Balloons
- Model
- 69A · all 69As 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 Lindstrand Balloons 69 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
- 5001
- 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
- 1996
- Transponder code
- AD5AD4 (octal 53255324)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 15, 2025
- Expires
- February 29, 2032
- Last FAA action
- February 15, 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 · April 10, 1996
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00575911
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Santa Fe Balloons LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1114 Concan Dr
Hutto, TX 78634-5496
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N96LN links to the rest of the register
- Lindstrand Balloons 69 15 registered
- Lindstrand Balloons 252 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric and wicker · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Santa Fe Balloons LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Hutto, TX 15 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lindstrand Balloons 69 3 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Lindstrand Balloons 69 8 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N96LN, 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 Santa Fe Balloons LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 15, 2025, expires February 29, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for balloon, dated April 10, 1996, consistent with the 1996 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N96LN 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]
1 NTSB record under N96LN: Accident on July 30, 2010 at Longview, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Lindstrand 69A · operated under 091
The the pilot's inadvertent movement of the burner assembly off center resulting in an in-flight fire of the skirt and envelope of the balloon. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's attention being diverted to venting the envelope to avoid an obstacle and lose altitude.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data