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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Glasflugel MOSQUITO
N24HC is a Glasflugel MOSQUITO, a glider with no engine, built in 1977. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 13, 2021 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated April 4, 1979.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Glasflugel
- Model
- MOSQUITO · all MOSQUITOs 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 Glasflugel MOSQUITO 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
- 54
- 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
- 1977
- Transponder code
- A22E58 (octal 50427130)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 13, 2021
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 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 · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 4, 1979
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00532482
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Leonard Steven e
- 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
- 11117 W Westlawn St
Wichita, KS 67212-6411
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N24HC links to the rest of the register
- Glasflugel MOSQUITO 26 registered
- Glasflugel 191 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Wichita, KS 1,311 aircraft registered in this town
- Beech Factory Airport · BEC
- Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl Airport · ICT
- Cessna Acft Field · CEA
- Colonel James Jabara Airport · AAO
- 2 more landing places in town
- Kansas 5,738 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Glasflugel MOSQUITO 6 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Glasflugel MOSQUITO 2 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N24HC, 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 Leonard Steven e, an individual, certificate issued March 13, 2021, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated April 4, 1979, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 54 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N24HC 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 N24HC: Accident on June 4, 2020 at Alvarado, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Glasflugel MOSQUITO · operated under 091
The pilot's decision to divert to the private airport and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control while landing on a turf runway that contained tall grass.
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data