Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK
N394BA is a Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK, a glider with no engine, built in 2001. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Civil Air Patrol, a corporation in Maxwell Afb, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 3, 2002 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated April 11, 2002. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Let
- Model
- L-23 SUPER BLANIK · all L-23 SUPER BLANIKs and related versions
- Serial number
- 019002
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2001
- Transponder code
- A491BF (octal 51110677)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 3, 2002
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · April 11, 2002
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00074027
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Civil Air Patrol
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 105 S Hansell St
Maxwell Afb, AL 36112-5937
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Documents on file 1
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The public federal record on N394BA, 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 Civil Air Patrol, a corporation, certificate issued January 3, 2002, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated April 11, 2002, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 019002 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N394BA according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 24, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N394BA: Accident on October 10, 2006 at Chugiak, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Letecky Zavody L-23 Super Blanik · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the glider while landing in gusty crosswind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing and structural damage to the fuselage. Factors associated with the accident were turbulence, a crosswind and wind gusts, and the pilot's inadequate evaluation of the weather conditions.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC07CA005 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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