Pipistrel TAURUS 503
N414HG is a Pipistrel TAURUS 503, a glider with a two-stroke engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 30, 2009 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated September 8, 2009.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Pipistrel (Slovenia)
- Model
- TAURUS 503 · all TAURUS 503s and related versions
- Serial number
- 047 T 503
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 503ULDCDI · 52 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2009
- Transponder code
- A4E3B2 (octal 51161662)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 30, 2009
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition · September 8, 2009
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 01037574
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gross Robert L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1510 SW 14Th Ct
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312-3304
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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 N414HG, 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 Gross Robert L, an individual, certificate issued July 30, 2009, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated September 8, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 047 T 503 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N414HG 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 N414HG: Accident on February 9, 2026 at Boynton Beach, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Pipistrel TAURUS 503 · operated under 091
On February 9, 2026, about 1514 eastern standard time, a Pipistrel Taurus 503 motorglider, N414HG, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at Willis Gliderport (FA44), Boynton Beach, Florida. The pilot was seriously injured. The motorglider was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Video with audio from a Ring camera captured the motorglider taxiing to the west end of the gliderport where it stopped facing east with the engine running for about 2 minutes and 10 seconds. The audio captured the sound of the engine rpm increasing follow…
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- 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
