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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026Eiriavion Oy PIK 20E
N29BW is an Eiriavion Oy PIK 20E, a glider with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Corning, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 27, 2012 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing, dated April 4, 1996.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Eiriavion Oy
- Model
- PIK 20E · all PIK 20Es 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 Eiriavion Oy PIK 20 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
- 20297
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A2F34F (octal 50571517)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 27, 2012
- Expires
- November 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 23, 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 · RacingFAA certificate purpose code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 4, 1996
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00031853
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wille Chad C
- 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
- 1139 State Highway 148
Corning, IA 50841-7507
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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 N29BW links to the rest of the register
- Eiriavion Oy PIK 20 56 registered
- Eiriavion Oy 56 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax all models (one FAA code) 2,586 aircraft with this engine series
- Corning, IA 24 aircraft registered in this town
- Corning Municipal · CRZ
- Iowa 4,504 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Eiriavion Oy PIK 20 4 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Eiriavion Oy PIK 20 2 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Eiriavion Oy PIK 20 1 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N29BW, 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 Wille Chad C, an individual, certificate issued November 27, 2012, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 20297 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N29BW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Berkshire Mfg. Corp. CONCEPT 70 (serial 14, cancelled March 28, 1996). 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]
2 NTSB records under N29BW: Accident on February 20, 1996 at Boynton Beach, FL: no injuries, destroyed. Accident on July 4, 1993 at Boynton Beach, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Berkshire CONCEPT 70 · operated under 091
an engine loss of power and fire for undetermined reasons.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Berkshire CONCEPT 70 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING AND THE LACK OF ADEQUATE THERMAL LIFT.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data