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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Glasflugel CLUB LIBELLE 205
N2520U is a Glasflugel CLUB LIBELLE 205, a glider with no engine, built in 1975. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Brokenstraw Flyers, a corporation in Pittsfield, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 20, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated August 4, 2000.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Glasflugel
- Model
- CLUB LIBELLE 205
- Serial number
- 43
- 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
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 67 mph
- Transponder code
- A26157 (octal 50460527)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 20, 2024
- Expires
- June 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- June 20, 2024
- 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 · August 4, 2000
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00975760
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Brokenstraw Flyers (flight school: 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
- PO Box 134
Pittsfield, PA 16340-0134
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N2520U links to the rest of the register
- Glasflugel 191 aircraft on the register
- Brokenstraw Flyers 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Pittsfield, PA 14 aircraft registered in this town
- Pennsylvania 6,188 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N2520U, 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 Brokenstraw Flyers, a corporation, certificate issued June 20, 2024, expires June 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 4, 2000, 25 years after the 1975 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 43 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2520U was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-161 (serial 288016028, cancelled December 1, 1992). 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 N2520U: Accident on September 27, 1991 at San Carlos, 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
THE FAILURE OF THE NUMBER 3 INTAKE VALVE RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FOR LANDING THE AIRCRAFT.
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 October 28, 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