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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 CLUB ASTIR IIIB
N3981A is a Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 CLUB ASTIR IIIB, a glider with no engine, built in 1983. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Ennis, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 3, 2009 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated July 25, 1983.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau
- Model
- G102 CLUB ASTIR IIIB · all G102 CLUB ASTIR IIIBs 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. A glass-fibre glider. This is how the Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 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
- 5610CB
- 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
- 1983
- Transponder code
- A4A2FD (octal 51121375)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 3, 2009
- Expires
- June 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 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 · July 25, 1983
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00440824
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Walker Carol L
- 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
- 1209 Williamsburg Dr
Ennis, TX 75119-2118
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N3981A links to the rest of the register
- Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 59 registered
- Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau 136 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Ennis, TX 20 aircraft registered in this town
- Ennis Municipal · F41
- Texas 29,966 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 17 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 15 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N3981A, 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 Walker Carol L, an individual, certificate issued April 3, 2009, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated July 25, 1983, consistent with the 1983 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5610CB for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3981A 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 N3981A: Accident on July 30, 2020 at Midlothian, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grob G102 · operated under 091
The unstabilized landing approach in gusty wind conditions that resulted in a hard, bounced landing.
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