Zimmerman Bruce J GLASTAR
N109BZ is a Zimmerman Bruce J GLASTAR, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Pierce, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 16, 2002 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 14, 2003.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Zimmerman Bruce J
- Model
- GLASTAR
- Serial number
- 5782
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Subaru ALL MDLS A/B · 400 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2003
- Kit
- STODDARD HAMILTON GLASTAR
- Transponder code
- A02654 (octal 50023124)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 16, 2002
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · May 14, 2003
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00007649
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Zimmerman Bruce J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 54335 849 Rd
Pierce, NE 68767-3533
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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 N109BZ, 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 Zimmerman Bruce J, an individual, certificate issued September 16, 2002, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 14, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5782 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N109BZ 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 N109BZ: Accident on June 7, 2003 at Pierce, NE: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Zimmerman Glastar · operated under 091
The pilot's operation of the airplane with known deficiencies in equipment and his selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. Factors contributing to this accident were the overtemperature of the engine cooling system, the long grass, and the collapse of the nose landing gear strut.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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