Rolladen-Schneider LS 4A
N245JD is a Rolladen-Schneider LS 4A, a glider with no engine, built in 1983. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Chico, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 2, 2023 and expires on August 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing, dated August 21, 1989.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Rolladen-Schneider
- Model
- LS 4A · all LS 4As 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 Rolladen-Schneider LS-4 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
- 4329
- 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
- 1983
- Transponder code
- A2435E (octal 50441536)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 2, 2023
- Expires
- August 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- August 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · RacingFAA certificate purpose code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 21, 1989
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00770123
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Stallman Jon M
- 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
- 4 Budlee Ct
Chico, CA 95928-9477
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N245JD links to the rest of the register
- Rolladen-Schneider LS-4 56 registered
- Rolladen-Schneider 117 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Chico, CA 158 aircraft registered in this town
- Chico Regional · CIC
- California 27,686 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Rolladen-Schneider LS-4 4 airworthiness directives
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N245JD.json.
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The public federal record on N245JD, 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 Stallman Jon M, an individual, certificate issued August 2, 2023, expires August 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 21, 1989, 6 years after the 1983 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 4329 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N245JD 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]
2 NTSB records under N245JD: Accident on August 7, 1994 at Cannan, NH: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 26, 1984 at Pepperell, MA: no 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.
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rolladen-Schneider LS-4A · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL AND INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN. FACTORS WERE A LOSS OF LIFT AND THE PILOT'S IN-FLIGHT DECISION TO MANEUVER TOO CLOSE TO THE RIDGE.
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rolladen-Schneider LS-4A · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data