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N56XS

Lindstrand Balloons 56X

Valid Iowa

N56XS is a Lindstrand Balloons 56X, a balloon with no engine, built in 2008. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Urbandale, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 5, 2008 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 29, 2008.

Aircraft

Maker
Lindstrand Balloons
Model
56X
Serial number
5400
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2008
Transponder code
A726AF (octal 51623257)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 5, 2008
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · April 29, 2008
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00468659

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Armstrong Scott A
Type
Individual
Address
9238 Willard Cir
Urbandale, IA 50322-4246

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data