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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE
N1059D is a Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE, a glider with no engine, built in 1972. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Santa Monica, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 19, 2006 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated March 27, 1973.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Glasflugel
- Model
- STANDARD LIBELLE · all STANDARD LIBELLEs 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 Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE 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
- 334
- 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
- 1972
- Cruising speed
- 60 mph
- Transponder code
- A01ADE (octal 50015336)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 19, 2006
- Expires
- October 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 9, 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 · March 27, 1973
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00220510
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rafferty Michael J
- 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
- 727 Pier Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90405-4515
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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
Connections how N1059D links to the rest of the register
- Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE 54 registered
- Glasflugel 191 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Santa Monica, CA 110 aircraft registered in this town
- Santa Monica Municipal · SMO
- California 27,897 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE 8 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE 1 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N1059D, 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 Rafferty Michael J, an individual, certificate issued January 19, 2006, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated March 27, 1973, consistent with the 1972 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 334 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1059D was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 190 (serial 7671, cancelled May 23, 1951). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N1059D. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data