Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II
N140BG is a Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II, a glider with no engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Benz Aviation LLC, an LLC in Grand Haven, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 8, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated December 19, 1984.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Burkhart Grob
- Model
- G 103 TWIN II · all G 103 TWIN IIs and related versions
- Serial number
- 33902-K-140
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A0A2D0 (octal 50121320)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 8, 2025
- Expires
- May 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- May 8, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · December 19, 1984
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00523184
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Benz Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 17907 Shore Acres Rd
Grand Haven, MI 49417-9328
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N140BG, 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 Benz Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 8, 2025, expires May 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 33902-K-140 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N140BG 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]
3 NTSB records under N140BG: Accident on July 12, 2001 at Ionia, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 20, 1994 at Ionia, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 10, 1992 at Ionia, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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.
NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Burkhart Grob G 103 Twin II · operated under 091
The pilot not maintaining clearance from the tall grass during his recovery from the bounced landing. A factor was the tall grass.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI01LA207 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Burkhart Grob BG 103 · operated under 091
a hard landing as a result of the early disconnect of the glider launch/tow equipment.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI94LA165 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Burkhart Grob G-103 · operated under 091
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER PREFLIGHT AND DECISION TO CLOSE THE GLIDER'S CANOPY AT LOW ALTITUDE.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI92LA143 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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