Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK
N41BW is a Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK, a glider with no engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Central Ms Soaring Society LLC, an LLC in Brandon, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 18, 2020 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated May 23, 1994.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Let
- Model
- L-23 SUPER BLANIK · all L-23 SUPER BLANIKs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. An all-metal glider. This is how the Let L-23 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
- 917921
- 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
- Transponder code
- A4D1F5 (octal 51150765)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 18, 2020
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 23, 1994
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00404052
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Central Ms Soaring Society LLC (flying club: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 711 Falcon Way
Brandon, MS 39047-5090
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N41BW links to the rest of the register
- Let L-23 83 registered
- Let 178 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Central Ms Soaring Society LLC 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Brandon, MS 117 aircraft registered in this town
- Mississippi 2,600 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Let L-23 6 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Let L-23 69 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Let L-23 4 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N41BW, 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 Central Ms Soaring Society LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 18, 2020, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 917921 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N41BW 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 N41BW: Accident on November 29, 2002 at Groveland, FL: 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: Let L-23 · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to extend the dive brakes during approach and his excessive airspeed and improper landing flare which resulted in the airplane nosing down and impacting with the runway.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data