Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 STD ASTIR III
N123KG is a Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 STD ASTIR III, a glider with no engine, built in 1981. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Soaring Science INC, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 26, 2008 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated April 14, 1982.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau
- Model
- G102 STD ASTIR III · all G102 STD ASTIR IIIs and related versions
- Serial number
- 5556S
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1981
- Transponder code
- A05FBF (octal 50057677)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 26, 2008
- Expires
- October 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- December 4, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · April 14, 1982
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00773810
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Soaring Science INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 108 W 13Th St
Wilmington, DE 19801-1145
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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 N123KG, 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 Soaring Science INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 26, 2008, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated April 14, 1982, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5556S for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N123KG 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 N123KG: Accident on June 16, 2007 at Wickenburg, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Burkhart Grob G102 Std Astir III · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions which resulted in an inflight collision with a cactus tree while landing. The loss of thermal lift, tailwind, gusts, and tree were contributing factors to the accident.
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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