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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026Aerotechnik L13 SE VIVAT
N320BA is an Aerotechnik L13 SE VIVAT, a glider with a piston engine, built in 1997. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Staunton, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 2, 2024 and expires on December 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated November 28, 1997.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerotechnik
- Model
- L13 SE VIVAT · all L13 SE VIVATs 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 Aerotechnik L-13 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
- 970529
- 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
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1997
- Transponder code
- A36E6A (octal 50667152)
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 2, 2024
- Expires
- December 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- December 2, 2024
- 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 · Exhibition; RacingFAA certificate purpose code 34 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 28, 1997
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00846821
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Root Franklin L
- 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
- 130 Root Ln
Staunton, VA 24401-9376
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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 N320BA links to the rest of the register
- Aerotechnik L-13 5 registered
- Aerotechnik 7 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Staunton, VA 18 aircraft registered in this town
- Virginia 5,971 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Aerotechnik L-13 3 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Aerotechnik L-13 2 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Aerotechnik L-13 3 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N320BA, 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 Root Franklin L, an individual, certificate issued December 2, 2024, expires December 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated November 28, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 970529 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N320BA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech 99 (serial U56, cancelled February 11, 1989). 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 N320BA: Incident on June 9, 1984 at Chicago, IL: minor injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 99 · operated under 135
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 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 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data