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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201B
N17TD is a Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201B, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Silver Springs, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 16, 2018 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated August 26, 1974. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Glasflugel
- Model
- STD LIBELLE 201B · all STD LIBELLE 201Bs 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 STD LIBELLE 201B 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
- 556
- 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
- A11881 (octal 50214201)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 16, 2018
- Expires
- November 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 23, 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 · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 26, 1974
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00492270
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hull William L
- 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
- PO Box 963
Silver Springs, NV 89429-0963
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 1
Connections how N17TD links to the rest of the register
- Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201B 33 registered
- Glasflugel 191 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Silver Springs, NV 11 aircraft registered in this town
- Silver Springs Airport · SPZ
- Nevada 4,588 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N17TD.json.
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The public federal record on N17TD, 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 Hull William L, an individual, certificate issued November 16, 2018, expires November 30, 2028. 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 556 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N17TD according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 23, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N17TD: Accident on May 4, 2009 at Meadow Lake Airport, CO: serious 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Glasflugel H201B · operated under 091
A programming anomaly within the winch's computer aided launch control system, which incorrectly limited the maximum winch speed during launch of the glider.
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data