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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026Bolkow PHOEBUS A-1
N1741 is a Bolkow PHOEBUS A-1, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Ronan, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 12, 2019 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 22, 1968.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bolkow
- Model
- PHOEBUS A-1 · all PHOEBUS A-1s 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 Bolkow PHOEBUS A-1 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
- 741
- 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
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 60 mph
- Transponder code
- A12A84 (octal 50225204)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 12, 2019
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- 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 · August 22, 1968
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00132380
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Foster John G
- 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
- 34377 Spring Creek Rd
Ronan, MT 59864-9083
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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 N1741 links to the rest of the register
- Bolkow PHOEBUS A-1 6 registered
- Bolkow 27 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Ronan, MT 24 aircraft registered in this town
- Ronan Airport · 7S0
- Montana 6,045 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bolkow PHOEBUS A-1 2 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N1741, 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 Foster John G, an individual, certificate issued September 12, 2019, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 741 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1741 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Waco 9 (serial 243, cancelled February 11, 1932). 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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N1741. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data