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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Glasflugel STANDRD LIBELLE 201B
N3872 is a Glasflugel STANDRD LIBELLE 201B, a glider with no engine, built in 1971. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Raleigh, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 4, 2013 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated April 7, 1975.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Glasflugel
- Model
- STANDRD LIBELLE 201B
- Serial number
- 218
- 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
- 1971
- Transponder code
- A477E9 (octal 51073751)
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 4, 2013
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 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 · April 7, 1975
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00810464
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wiley Earl S
- 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
- 3425 Cartway Ln
Raleigh, NC 27616-9763
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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 N3872 links to the rest of the register
- Glasflugel 191 aircraft on the register
- Raleigh, NC 350 aircraft registered in this town
- Southern Wake Regional · 5W5
- North Carolina 7,120 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N3872.json.
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The public federal record on N3872, 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 Wiley Earl S, an individual, certificate issued November 4, 2013, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 7, 1975, 4 years after the 1971 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 218 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3872 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Curtiss JN4D (serial 4321, cancelled July 10, 1930). 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 N3872: Accident on July 26, 2009 at Faribault, MN: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Glasflugel Standard Libelle · operated under 091
The pilot's inability to maintain proper airspeed on approach to land.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data