Payne/Foster GLASAIR
N250CH is a Payne/Foster GLASAIR, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Winter Haven, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 14, 2025 and expires on January 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 15, 1985.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Payne/Foster
- Model
- GLASAIR
- Serial number
- 250
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A257B8 (octal 50453670)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 14, 2025
- Expires
- January 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- January 15, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · February 15, 1985
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00801803
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sorrell Jeffrey R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 3304 Eagles Trce
Winter Haven, FL 33884-2872
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N250CH, 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 Sorrell Jeffrey R, an individual, certificate issued January 14, 2025, expires January 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 250 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N250CH 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 N250CH: Accident on August 24, 2011 at Ocala, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 19, 1994 at Hesperia, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Payne/Foster GLASAIR · operated under 091
The failure of the tailwheel locking mechanism to remain engaged while landing in a crosswind, which resulted in a loss of directional control and runway excursion.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA11CA471 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Payne Foster GLASAIR · operated under 091
the pilot's loss of directional control during an attempted landing and subsequent go-around. Factors were the high-density altitude, inappropriate fuel leaning procedures, and the gust of wind.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX94LA262 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