Pzl-Bielsko B1-PW-5
N105WS is a Pzl-Bielsko B1-PW-5, a glider with no engine, built in 2002. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Leander, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 26, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated August 15, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Pzl-Bielsko
- Model
- B1-PW-5 · all B1-PW-5s and related versions
- Serial number
- 05.001.10
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A0194C (octal 50014514)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 26, 2024
- Expires
- August 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- August 28, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition · August 15, 2002
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00002389
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Aaron Gregory J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 917 Palos Verdes
Leander, TX 78641-8872
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N105WS, 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 Aaron Gregory J, an individual, certificate issued August 26, 2024, expires August 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated August 15, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 05.001.10 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N105WS 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 N105WS: Accident on August 6, 2026 at Briggs, TX: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Pzl-Bielsko B1-PW-5 · operated under 091
On August 6, 2026, about 1538 central daylight time, a PZL-Bielsko B1-PW-5 glider, N105WS, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Briggs, Texas. The pilot was fatally injured. The glider was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The glider was departing on an auto-tow launch at the time of the accident. According to witness statements, the glider achieved level flight at about 1,000 ft before release from the towline. Following the release, the glider yawed to the right and entered a descending spiral, completing about 7 to 8 ro…
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data