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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N46RD

Let BLANIK L-13

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNorth Carolina

N46RD is a Let BLANIK L-13, a glider with no engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Lake Norman Flyers LLC, an LLC in Huntersville, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 8, 1993 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated July 14, 1994.

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Aircraft

Maker
Let
Model
BLANIK L-13 · all BLANIK L-13s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The 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 BLANIK L-13 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
174129
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
Cruising speed
45 mph
Transponder code
A598BD (octal 51314275)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 8, 1993
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 · July 14, 1994
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00364862

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lake Norman Flyers LLC (flight school: 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
13420 Reese Blvd West
Huntersville, NC 28078
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Documents on file 0

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Connections how N46RD links to the rest of the register

Design
Owner
Place
  • Huntersville, NC 52 aircraft registered in this town
  • North Carolina 7,132 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N46RD, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Lake Norman Flyers LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 8, 1993, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for glider; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 174129 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N46RD according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N46RD. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data