# N8006U: 2025 Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 120A

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 120A](https://openairdocs.org/model/arbc-inc-dba-lindstrand-120a) (registry code 5190008, 1 seats)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Serial number: 5828
- Year built: 2025
- Type: Balloon
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Standard, balloon
- Airworthiness date: July 17, 2025
- Certificate issued: September 4, 2025
- Expires: September 30, 2032
- Mode S code: AAE51A
- Registered owner: [Rainbow Ryders Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RAINBOW%20RYDERS%20INC)
- Location: [Albuquerque, NM](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NM/Albuquerque)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 35.1964° N, 106.5731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 87113, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8006U
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8006U

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 3 in force

### Matched by airframe (Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 120A)

- [AD 2024-13-03](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2024-13-03): Balloon Reports · Lindstrand Balloons 42A, 56A, 60A and 16 more. Effective Jul 12, 2024
- [AD 2013-03-10](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2013-03-10): Hardware · Aeronaut Instruction Research Skysailor 105, Skysailor 90, 110C and 439 more. Effective Mar 19, 2013
- [AD 2008-13-05](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2008-13-05): Burner hoses · Lindstrand Balloons 105A, 120A, 150A and 11 more. Effective Jul 23, 2008

### Matched by engine (NONE)

None in force.

### Historical (superseded or no longer in force)

- [AD 2008-06-15](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2008-06-15) (historical): Burner hoses · Lindstrand Balloons 105A, 120A, 150A and 11 more. Effective Apr 1, 2008

## Information bulletins (advisory) (1 in force)

- [SAIB CE-11-44](https://openairdocs.org/saib/CE-11-44): Fuel: Cylinder Strap Installation. Issued Jul 13, 2011

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N8006U.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N8006U.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## Service difficulty reports on N8006U not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N8006U, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [SDR GAJ2008F00001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GAJ2008F00001), Dec 15, 2008: EXHAUST PIPE. CRACKED. FOUND EXHAUST FLANGE UNDER V-CLAMP CRACKED. FIRST SIGN OF PROBLEM WAS EXHAUST STAINS IN AREA. AFTER THE CLAMP WAS REMOVED THE FLANGE WAS FOUND CRACKED APPROXIMA

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N8006U

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N8006U before.

- [Cancelled 1981-11-12](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8006U-1981-11-12): Douglas DC-8-21, S/N 45283, built 1959. Sale reported. Owner: [Seattle, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Seattle)

## Related

- Other Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 120A aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/arbc-inc-dba-lindstrand-120a/aircraft.md
- The NONE engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/none.md

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