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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Stemme Gmbh & Co S-10
N2280X is a Stemme Gmbh & Co S-10, a glider with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Midlothian, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 5, 2021 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated June 15, 2006.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Stemme Gmbh & Co
- Model
- S-10 · all S-10s 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 carbon-fibre motor glider. This is how the Stemme Gmbh & Co S-10 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
- 10-27
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A20127 (octal 50400447)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 5, 2021
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 15, 2006
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00366002
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mccombs Dale
- 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
- 2721 Falcon Way
Midlothian, TX 76065-4713
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 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 3
Connections how N2280X links to the rest of the register
- Stemme Gmbh & Co S-10 37 registered
- Stemme Gmbh & Co 42 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Midlothian, TX 184 aircraft registered in this town
- Eagle'S Nest Estates Airport · T56
- Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Stemme Gmbh & Co S-10 2 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N2280X.json.
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The public federal record on N2280X, 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 Mccombs Dale, an individual, certificate issued April 5, 2021, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 10-27 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2280X was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Semple Robert L Jr SEMPLE MUSTANG MII (serial 1306, cancelled June 24, 1996); Cessna 337 (serial 3370180, cancelled date not given); Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (serial 0509, cancelled date not given). 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 N2280X: Accident on May 3, 2019 at Sonoma, CA: minor 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: Stemme S 10 · operated under 091
The pilot's improper decision to land with a tailwind and his failure to maintain a proper approach, which resulted in a long landing, a runway overrun, and impact with a tree.
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