Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 TWIN ASTIR
N4446W is a Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 TWIN ASTIR, a glider with no engine, built in 1983. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Knauff And Grove INC, a corporation in Julian, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 16, 1991 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated September 13, 1983.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau
- Model
- G103 TWIN ASTIR · all G103 TWIN ASTIRs and related versions
- Serial number
- 3822-K-81
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1983
- Transponder code
- A55CB8 (octal 51256270)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 16, 1991
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · September 13, 1983
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00022524
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Knauff And Grove INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 3523 S Eagle Valley Rd
Julian, PA 16844-9032
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N4446W, 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 Knauff And Grove INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 16, 1991, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated September 13, 1983, consistent with the 1983 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3822-K-81 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4446W was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (serial TC-1698, cancelled June 3, 1974). 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 N4446W: Accident on July 5, 2002 at Unionville, PA: no injuries, substantial damage. 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: Burkhart Grob G103 TWIN ASTIR · operated under 091
The pilot's evasive maneuver to avoid a collision with a departing airplane, which resulted in a landing short of the runway. A factor was the pilot's decision to land on the runway opposite the one in use.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for IAD02LA071 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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data