Pipistrel SINUS 912 LSA
N397R is a Pipistrel SINUS 912 LSA, a glider with a four-stroke engine, built in 2021. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Houston, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 11, 2022 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for glider, dated April 29, 2022.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Pipistrel (Slovenia)FAA spelling: PIPISTREL ITALIA S R L
- Model
- SINUS 912 LSA · all SINUS 912 LSAs and related versions
- Serial number
- 1057 SFNM 912 LSA
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 912UL2 · 80 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2021
- Transponder code
- A49E41 (octal 51117101)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 11, 2022
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Light sport · Glider · April 29, 2022
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01360537
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rome Harding J
- Type
- Co-owned
- Address
- 5246 Ariel St
Houston, TX 77096-2502 - Co-owners
- Rome Elizabeth N
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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 N397R, 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 Rome Harding J, a co-owned, certificate issued March 11, 2022, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for glider, dated April 29, 2022, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1057 SFNM 912 LSA for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N397R 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 N397R: Accident on September 12, 2022 at Waller, TX: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Pipistrel Italia S R L SINUS 912 LSA · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control, which led to an aerodynamic stall at an altitude where recovery was not possible.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN22FA416 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