Glaser-Dirks DG-500M
N503V is a Glaser-Dirks DG-500M, a glider with a piston engine, built in 1990. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Minden, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 15, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated July 2, 2014.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Glaser-Dirks
- Model
- DG-500M · all DG-500Ms 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 Glaser-Dirks DG-500 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
- 5E24 M12
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1990
- Transponder code
- A646F0 (octal 51443360)
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, 2021
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- July 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 2, 2014
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00394372
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kleinhempel Uwe
- 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
- 998 Aspen Grove Cir
Minden, NV 89423-4454
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N503V links to the rest of the register
- Glaser-Dirks DG-500 6 registered
- Glaser-Dirks 37 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax all models (one FAA code) 2,587 aircraft with this engine series
- Minden, NV 97 aircraft registered in this town
- Minden-Tahoe Airport · MEV
- Nevada 4,588 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Glaser-Dirks DG-500 27 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N503V, 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 Kleinhempel Uwe, an individual, certificate issued December 15, 2021, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 2, 2014, 24 years after the 1990 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 5E24 M12 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N503V according to the deregistered file. [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 N503V: Accident on May 25, 1991 at Minden, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Glaser-Dirks DG-500M · operated under 091
AN ENGINE FAILURE PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THE PILOT IMPROPERLY ADJUSTING THE CARBURETOR MIXTURE JET.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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