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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
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. This is how the Pipistrel SINUS 912 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
- 1057 SFNM 912 LSA
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912UL2 · 80 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2021
- Transponder code
- A49E41 (octal 51117101)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 11, 2022
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (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 29, 2022
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01360537
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rome Harding J
- Type
- Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- 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.
Connections how N397R links to the rest of the register
- Pipistrel SINUS 912 45 registered
- Pipistrel 398 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 912UL2 186 aircraft with this engine series · 80 hp
- Houston, TX 1,180 aircraft registered in this town
- Conroe/North Houston Regional · CXO
- David Wayne Hooks Memorial · DWH
- Ellington Airport · EFD
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston Airport · IAH
- 8 more landing places in town
- Texas 29,946 aircraft registered
- Report filed on this aircraft: Bellcrank, broken · 2007-05-01
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data