Sportine Aviacija (LAK) LAK-17A
N391BA is a Sportine Aviacija (LAK) LAK-17A, a glider with no engine, built in 2001. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Valrico, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 23, 2019 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated September 28, 2001.
Sportine Aviacija (LAK): LAK-17 with front electric sustainer
Aircraft
- Maker
- Sportine Aviacija (LAK) (Lithuania)FAA spelling: AB SPORTINE AVIACIJA
- Model
- LAK-17A
- Serial number
- 120
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2001
- Transponder code
- A4869A (octal 51103232)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 23, 2019
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · September 28, 2001
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00203964
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Zombakis James
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1420 Brilliant Cut Way
Valrico, FL 33594-5160
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N391BA, 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 Zombakis James, an individual, certificate issued September 23, 2019, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated September 28, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 120 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N391BA 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 N391BA: Accident on May 31, 2009 at Middletown, NY: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ab Sportine Aviacija LAK-17A · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while landing in gusty winds, which resulted in a loss of adequate airspeed and a subsequent aerodynamic stall.
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data