Pipistrel SINUS 912
N222DW is a Pipistrel SINUS 912, a glider with a four-stroke engine, built in 2023. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cedar Park, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 12, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for glider, dated September 1, 2023.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Pipistrel (Slovenia)FAA spelling: PIPISTREL D O O
- Model
- SINUS 912
- Serial number
- 1138 SFNM 912 LSA
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 912ULS2 · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2023
- Transponder code
- A1E8CF (octal 50364317)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 12, 2025
- Expires
- November 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- November 12, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Light sport · Glider · September 1, 2023
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01417011
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Friesz Russell A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 109 Mcbride Ln
Cedar Park, TX 78613-7417
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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
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The public federal record on N222DW, 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 Friesz Russell A, an individual, certificate issued November 12, 2025, expires November 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for glider, dated September 1, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1138 SFNM 912 LSA for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N222DW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Brantly B-2 (serial 181, cancelled October 6, 2017). 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 N222DW: Accident on May 27, 2011 at Weaverville, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Brantly B-2B · operated under 091
The student pilot's decision to fly in windy conditions that exceeded his capabilities, which resulted in his subsequent loss of helicopter control. Contributing to the accident was his lack of flight experience in the accident helicopter.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR11FA239 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data