Scheibe 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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Scheibe
- Model
- BERGFALKE-III
- Serial number
- 5529
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 60 mph
- Transponder code
- A4BE0D (octal 51137015)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 1, 2024
- Expires
- May 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- May 1, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · May 13, 2005
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00120089
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lee Peter M
- Type
- Individual
- 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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
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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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW97LA226 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