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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 TWIN ASTIR
N4426B is a Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 TWIN ASTIR, a glider with no engine, built in 1983. It has 2 seats. It is registered to N4426B LLC, an LLC in Hood River, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 14, 2017 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated August 23, 1983.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau
- Model
- G103 TWIN ASTIR · all G103 TWIN ASTIRs 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 G103 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
- 3791
- 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
- 1983
- Transponder code
- A55537 (octal 51252467)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 14, 2017
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 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 · August 23, 1983
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00812554
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- N4426B LLC
- 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
- 1860 Country Club Rd
Hood River, OR 97031-9603
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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 1
Connections how N4426B links to the rest of the register
- Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 35 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
- N4426B LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Hood River, OR 337 aircraft registered in this town
- Ken Jernstedt Airfield · 4S2
- Oregon 7,008 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N4426B.json.
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The public federal record on N4426B, 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 N4426B LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 14, 2017, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated August 23, 1983, consistent with the 1983 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3791 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4426B was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 170B (serial 26770, cancelled May 20, 1965). 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 N4426B: Accident on August 10, 1990 at Liano, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Burkhart Grob G-103 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S INFLIGHT DECISION WAS IMPROPER. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S SELF-INDUCED PRESSURE.
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