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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Hph Ltd GLASFLUGEL 304CZ
N304JD is a Hph Ltd GLASFLUGEL 304CZ, a glider with no engine, built in 2000. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lyme, New Hampshire. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 26, 2022 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated May 1, 2014.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Hph Ltd
- Model
- GLASFLUGEL 304CZ · all GLASFLUGEL 304CZs 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 Hph Ltd GLASFLUGEL 304 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
- 30
- 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
- 2000
- Transponder code
- A32EFA (octal 50627372)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 26, 2022
- Expires
- February 28, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 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 · Racing; ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 43 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 1, 2014
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00393684
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lysy David G
- 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
- 45 Pout Pond Ln
Lyme, NH 03768-3707
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N304JD links to the rest of the register
- Hph Ltd GLASFLUGEL 304 28 registered
- Hph Ltd 30 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lyme, NH 12 aircraft registered in this town
- New Hampshire 1,555 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Hph Ltd GLASFLUGEL 304 3 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Hph Ltd GLASFLUGEL 304 1 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N304JD, 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 Lysy David G, an individual, certificate issued February 26, 2022, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 1, 2014, 14 years after the 2000 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 30 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N304JD 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 N304JD: Accident on May 7, 1991 at Yuma, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G3B1 · operated under 137
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO PERFORM FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS WHICH RESULTED IN A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data