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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28B2
N28CL is an I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28B2, a glider with no engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lake Elsinore, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 6, 2015 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated April 12, 1979.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania)
- Model
- IS-28B2 · all IS-28B2s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe 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 I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28 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
- 27
- 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
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 81 mph
- Transponder code
- A2CBDF (octal 50545737)
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 6, 2015
- 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 12, 1979
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00410253
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sprague Jeffrey D
- 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
- 305 N Lewis St
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530-3429
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N28CL links to the rest of the register
- I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28 22 registered
- I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) 24 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lake Elsinore, CA 17 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,658 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28 3 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28 1 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28 6 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N28CL, 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 Sprague Jeffrey D, an individual, certificate issued March 6, 2015, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 27 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N28CL 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 N28CL: Accident on May 25, 1992 at Deer Park, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: I.C.A. Brasov IS-28B2 · operated under 091
THE INADVERTENT ACTIVATION OF FLIGHT SPOILERS BY THE PILOT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF. A FACTOR RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PRESENCE OF AN IRRIGATION SPRINKLER THAT WAS IMPACTED BY THE AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING GROUND ROLL.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data