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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Centrair 101
N101LV is a Centrair 101, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Wickenburg, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 29, 2016 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated July 30, 1986.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Centrair
- Model
- 101 · all 101s and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. A glass-fibre glider. This is how the Centrair 101 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
- 10100264
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (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
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A00979 (octal 50004571)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 29, 2016
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- 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 · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 30, 1986
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00710627
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rosenthal Bruce D
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 385 e Thurber Rd
Wickenburg, AZ 85390-3555
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N101LV links to the rest of the register
- Centrair 101 37 registered
- Centrair 37 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Wickenburg, AZ 46 aircraft registered in this town
- Wickenburg Municipal · E25
- Arizona 8,436 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Centrair 101 10 airworthiness directives
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N101LV.json.
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The public federal record on N101LV, 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 Rosenthal Bruce D, an individual, certificate issued November 29, 2016, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 10100264 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N101LV 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]
2 NTSB records under N101LV: Accident on June 7, 2012 at Sparks, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 25, 1988 at Vacaville, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Centrair C101A · operated under 091
The failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other, which resulted in a midair collision.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Centrair 101 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 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, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data