Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE
N1599 is a Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE, a glider with no engine, built in 1968. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Willamett Valley Soaring Club, a corporation in Cornelius, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 22, 2008 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated February 10, 1969.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Glasflugel
- Model
- STANDARD LIBELLE · all STANDARD LIBELLEs 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. A glass-fibre glider. This is how the Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE 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
- 24
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1968
- Cruising speed
- 60 mph
- Transponder code
- A0EF31 (octal 50167461)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 22, 2008
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 22, 2026
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (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 · February 10, 1969
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00861890
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Willamett Valley Soaring Club (flying club: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 322
Cornelius, OR 97113-0322
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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 N1599 links to the rest of the register
- Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE 54 registered
- Glasflugel 191 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Willamett Valley Soaring Club 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Cornelius, OR 22 aircraft registered in this town
- Skyport Airport · 4S4
- Oregon 7,008 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE 8 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE 1 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N1599, 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 Willamett Valley Soaring Club, a corporation, certificate issued August 22, 2008, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated February 10, 1969, consistent with the 1968 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1599 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Waco GXE (serial 908, cancelled April 28, 1936). 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 N1599: Accident on July 25, 2024 at Fields, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE · operated under 091
The glider’s encounter with a gusting wind and downdraft conditions, which resulted in exceedance of the glider’s critical angle of attack, an aerodynamic stall, and a hard landing.
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