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A Let L-23, the same model family as N256BA
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N256BA

Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOregon

N256BA is a Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK, a glider with no engine, built in 1992. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Willamette Valley Soaring Club, a corporation in Cornelius, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 30, 2009 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated May 27, 1993.

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Aircraft

Maker
Let
Model
L-23 SUPER BLANIK · all L-23 SUPER BLANIKs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. An all-metal glider. This is how the Let L-23 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
917926
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
1992
Transponder code
A26DE2 (octal 50466742)

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 30, 2009
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
April 16, 2026
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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 27, 1993
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00414212

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Willamette Valley Soaring Club (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
PO Box 322
Cornelius, OR 97113-0322
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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N256BA links to the rest of the register

Design
  • Let L-23 83 registered
  • Let 178 aircraft on the register
  • Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
Owner
Place
  • Cornelius, OR 22 aircraft registered in this town
  • Skyport Airport · 4S4
  • Oregon 7,020 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N256BA, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Willamette Valley Soaring Club, a corporation, certificate issued September 30, 2009, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility, dated May 27, 1993, consistent with the 1992 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 917926 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N256BA according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N256BA. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data