Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK
N373BA is a Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK, a glider with no engine, built in 2000. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Greater Boston Soring Club, a corporation in Sterling, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 19, 2000 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated June 30, 2000.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Let
- Model
- L-23 SUPER BLANIK · all L-23 SUPER BLANIKs 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 Let L-23 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
- 008713
- 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
- A43F0A (octal 51037412)
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, 2000
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 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 · June 30, 2000
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00195850
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Greater Boston Soring Club
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 655
Sterling, MA 01564-0655
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N373BA links to the rest of the register
- Let L-23 83 registered
- Let 178 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Greater Boston Soring Club 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Sterling, MA 24 aircraft registered in this town
- Sterling Airport · 3B3
- Massachusetts 2,648 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Let L-23 6 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Let L-23 69 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Let L-23 4 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N373BA, 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 Greater Boston Soring Club, a corporation, certificate issued June 19, 2000, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated June 30, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 008713 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N373BA 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 N373BA: Accident on July 31, 2021 at Sterling, MA: serious injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK · operated under 091
The flight instructor’s lack of remedial action, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall in the landing flare and a hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data