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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Scheibe BERGFALKE-III
N4041W is a Scheibe BERGFALKE-III, a glider with no engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 1, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 13, 2005.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Scheibe
- Model
- BERGFALKE-III
- Serial number
- 5529
- 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
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 60 mph
- Transponder code
- A4BE0D (octal 51137015)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 1, 2024
- Expires
- May 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- May 1, 2024
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 13, 2005
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00120089
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lee Peter M
- 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
- 8649 Raintree Woods Dr
Fair Oaks Ranch, TX 78015-4412
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Connections how N4041W links to the rest of the register
- Scheibe 34 aircraft on the register
- Fair Oaks Ranch, TX 10 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N4041W.json.
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The public federal record on N4041W, 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 Lee Peter M, an individual, certificate issued May 1, 2024, expires May 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5529 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4041W was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-32-300 (serial 32-40040, cancelled November 15, 1972); Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 (serial 7849, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N4041W: Accident on June 14, 1997 at San Antonio, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R22 BETA · operated under 091
The flight instructor's inadequate supervision during the practice autorotation and his failure to maintain rotor RPM.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data