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Pipistrel SINUS 912
N1277P is a Pipistrel SINUS 912, a glider with a four-stroke engine, built in 2025. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Columbus, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 21, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for glider, dated July 9, 2025.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Pipistrel (Slovenia)FAA spelling: PIPISTREL D O O
- Model
- SINUS 912 · all SINUS 912s 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. This is how the Pipistrel SINUS 912 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
- 1277 SFNM 912 LSA
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912UL SERIES · 80 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2025
- Transponder code
- A0710E (octal 50070416)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 21, 2026
- Expires
- April 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (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 9, 2025
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01511423
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sanford Emmett Barry
- 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
- 921 Greenbriar Dr
Columbus, MS 39705-1461
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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 N1277P links to the rest of the register
- Pipistrel SINUS 912 45 registered
- Pipistrel 398 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 912UL series 402 aircraft with this engine series · 80 hp
- Columbus, MS 48 aircraft registered in this town
- Columbus-Lowndes County · UBS
- Mississippi 2,601 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N1277P, 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 Sanford Emmett Barry, an individual, certificate issued April 21, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for glider, dated July 9, 2025, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1277 SFNM 912 LSA for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1277P was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-23 (serial 23-308, cancelled October 11, 2012). 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]
1 NTSB record under N1277P: Accident on May 31, 2026 at Columbus, MS: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Pipistrel D O O SINUS 912 · operated under 091
On May 31, 2026, about 1236 central daylight time, a Pipistrel D O O Sinus 912, N1277P, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Columbus, Mississippi. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the airport manager from Columbus-Lowndes County Airport (UBS), Columbus, Mississippi, the pilot was observed arriving at the airport around noon. Airport security video showed the airplane takeoff a short time later. Preliminary ADS-B revealed that the airplane departed UBS about 1207 and flew i…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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