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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACRO
N228BG is a Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACRO, a glider with no engine, built in 1985. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Utah Soaring Association INC, a corporation in Mapleton, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 12, 2013 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated July 22, 1985.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Burkhart Grob
- Model
- G-103A TWIN II ACRO · all G-103A TWIN II ACROs 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 Burkhart Grob G-103 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
- 33995-K-228
- 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
- 2
- Year built
- 1985
- Transponder code
- A1FED9 (octal 50377331)
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, 2013
- 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 · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 22, 1985
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00052695
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Utah Soaring Association INC (flying club: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 863 Sego Lily Way
Mapleton, UT 84664-5623
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N228BG links to the rest of the register
- Burkhart Grob G-103 71 registered
- Burkhart Grob 99 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Utah Soaring Association INC 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Mapleton, UT 20 aircraft registered in this town
- Utah 8,356 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Burkhart Grob G-103 28 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N228BG, 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 Utah Soaring Association INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 12, 2013, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated July 22, 1985, consistent with the 1985 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 33995-K-228 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N228BG according to the deregistered file. [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 N228BG: Accident on February 1, 1987 at Midlothian, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Burkhart Grob 103A · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 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 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data