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N3018, a Bolkow PHOEBUS C-1
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026
N3018

Bolkow PHOEBUS C-1

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesColorado

N3018 is a Bolkow PHOEBUS C-1, a glider with no engine, built in 1968. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Castle Pines, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 31, 1984 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 16, 1968.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bolkow
Model
PHOEBUS C-1
Serial number
829
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
1968
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
A32679 (octal 50623171)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 31, 1984
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 16, 1968
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00481073

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Stark Jon R
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
8299 Briar Dale Ln
Castle Pines, CO 80108-5501

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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

1949-09-21Waco 9 · Valid registration

Connections how N3018 links to the rest of the register

Design
  • Bolkow 27 aircraft on the register
Place
  • Castle Pines, CO 19 aircraft registered in this town
  • Colorado 7,455 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N3018, 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 Stark Jon R, an individual, certificate issued December 31, 1984, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated August 16, 1968, consistent with the 1968 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 829 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N3018 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Waco 9 (serial 385, cancelled September 21, 1949). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N3018. 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

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

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 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data