Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau DG-100G
N169LM is a Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau DG-100G, a glider with no engine, built in 1984. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in New York, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 10, 2012 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing, dated October 23, 1989.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau
- Model
- DG-100G · all DG-100Gs 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 Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau DG-100 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
- E169G135
- 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
- 1984
- Transponder code
- A11423 (octal 50212043)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 10, 2012
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · RacingFAA certificate purpose code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 23, 1989
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00042405
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gottlieb Jacqueline
- 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
- 455 Central Park W Apt 2C
New York, NY 10025-3848
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N169LM links to the rest of the register
- Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau DG-100 11 registered
- Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau 24 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- New York, NY 478 aircraft registered in this town
- John F Kennedy International · JFK
- Laguardia Airport · LGA
- Long Island Mac Arthur Airport · ISP
- New York Stewart International · SWF
- 5 more landing places in town
- New York 6,669 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau DG-100 8 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N169LM, 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 Gottlieb Jacqueline, an individual, certificate issued January 10, 2012, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 23, 1989, 5 years after the 1984 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial E169G135 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N169LM 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 N169LM: Accident on May 10, 2002 at Union, IL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Glaser-Dirks-Flugzeubau DG-100G · operated under 091
The pilot not maintaining aircraft control during the aero-tow takeoff. Factors to the accident were the high wind velocity and the gusting wind condition.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data