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N217BG

Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACRO

N217BG is a Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACRO, a glider with no engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Freedom Wings International, a corporation in Glenside, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 21, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated June 6, 1985.

Aircraft

Maker
Burkhart Grob
Model
G-103A TWIN II ACRO · all G-103A TWIN II ACROs and related versions
Serial number
33984-K-217
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A1D3A3 (octal 50351643)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 21, 2024
Expires
May 31, 2031
Last FAA action
May 21, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Glider · June 6, 1985
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00732225

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Freedom Wings International
Type
Corporation
Address
454 Monroe Ave
Glenside, PA 19038-2415

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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 N217BG, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Freedom Wings International, a corporation, certificate issued May 21, 2024, expires May 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for glider; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 33984-K-217 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N217BG according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N217BG: Accident on June 15, 1985 at Erwinna, PA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

NYC85LA151Accident on June 15, 1985 at Erwinna, PA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 33984K

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Burkhart Grob G-103-II AERO · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data