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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II
N4601M is a Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II, a glider with no engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Southern California Soaring Academy INC, a corporation in Valencia, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 15, 2020 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated January 19, 1984. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Burkhart Grob
- Model
- G 103 TWIN II · all G 103 TWIN IIs 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 G-103 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
- 3831
- 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
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A59C22 (octal 51316042)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 15, 2020
- Expires
- December 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 7, 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 · January 19, 1984
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00803054
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Southern California Soaring Academy INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 24307 Magic Mountain Pkwy Ste 513
Valencia, CA 91355-3402
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 1
Earlier use of this number 2
Connections how N4601M links to the rest of the register
- Burkhart Grob G-103 71 registered
- Burkhart Grob 99 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Southern California Soaring Academy INC 12 aircraft in the fleet
- Valencia, CA 45 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,686 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Burkhart Grob G-103 28 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N4601M, 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 Southern California Soaring Academy INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 15, 2020, expires December 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3831 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4601M was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 152 (serial 15284470, cancelled August 13, 1980); Piper PA-11 (serial 11-105, cancelled June 22, 1970). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 15, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N4601M: Accident on December 3, 2005 at Llano, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Burkhart Grob G 103 Twin II · operated under 091
The flight's encounter with downdrafts. A contributing factor was the unsuitable vegetation-covered mountainous terrain.
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 September 30, 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