Rolladen-Schneider LS 7
N44340 is a Rolladen-Schneider LS 7, a glider with no engine, built in 1989. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Auburndale, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 10, 2007 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing, dated April 1, 1998.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Rolladen-Schneider
- Model
- LS 7 · all LS 7s 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 Rolladen-Schneider LS-7 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
- 7041
- 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
- 1
- Year built
- 1989
- Transponder code
- A558BF (octal 51254277)
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 10, 2007
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- 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 · RacingFAA certificate purpose code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 1, 1998
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00487101
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Johnson Carl A
- 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
- 150 Islington Rd
Auburndale, MA 02466-1010
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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 N44340 links to the rest of the register
- Rolladen-Schneider LS-7 5 registered
- Rolladen-Schneider 117 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Auburndale, MA 2 aircraft registered in this town
- Massachusetts 2,649 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N44340.json.
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The public federal record on N44340, 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 Johnson Carl A, an individual, certificate issued August 10, 2007, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 1, 1998, 9 years after the 1989 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7041 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N44340 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Taylorcraft BC12-D1 (serial 10140, 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 N44340: Accident on June 28, 1985 at Mundelein, IL: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Taylorcraft BC12-D1 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data