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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE
N2972 is a Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE, a glider with no engine, built in 1972. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Thomasville, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 19, 2007 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated May 18, 1972.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Glasflugel
- Model
- STANDARD LIBELLE · all STANDARD LIBELLEs 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 STANDARD LIBELLE 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
- 282
- 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
- 1972
- Cruising speed
- 60 mph
- Transponder code
- A31219 (octal 50611031)
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 19, 2007
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- 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 · May 18, 1972
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00310863
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Macveigh John 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
- 5075 Admire Rd
Thomasville, PA 17364-9696
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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 N2972 links to the rest of the register
- Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE 54 registered
- Glasflugel 191 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Thomasville, PA 7 aircraft registered in this town
- Pennsylvania 6,195 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE 8 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE 1 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N2972, 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 Macveigh John D, an individual, certificate issued June 19, 2007, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated May 18, 1972, consistent with the 1972 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 282 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2972 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Van Valkenburgh R E DRAGONFLY (serial 11, cancelled February 6, 1928). 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 N2972: Accident on July 24, 1995 at Red River, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S LACK OF COMPENSATION FOR THE TAILWIND AND HIS ENSUING FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT. FACTORS WERE THE LACK OF THERMAL LIFT AND THE TAILWIND.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data