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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Ams-Flight D.O.O. DG-500 ELAN ORION
N505KK is an Ams-Flight D.O.O. DG-500 ELAN ORION, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to N505Kk LLC, an LLC in Reno, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 27, 2020 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated February 28, 2000.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Ams-Flight D.O.O.
- Model
- DG-500 ELAN ORION
- Serial number
- 5E201X46
- 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
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A64D6E (octal 51446556)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 27, 2020
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 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 · February 28, 2000
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00015680
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- N505Kk LLC
- 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
- 401 Ryland St Ste 200A
Reno, NV 89502-1643
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N505KK links to the rest of the register
- Ams-Flight D.O.O. 5 aircraft on the register
- N505Kk LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Reno, NV 667 aircraft registered in this town
- Reno/Tahoe International · RNO
- Reno/Stead Airport · RTS
- Spanish Springs Airport · N86
- Nevada 4,588 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N505KK, 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 N505Kk LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 27, 2020, expires May 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 5E201X46 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N505KK 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 N505KK: Accident on March 14, 2011 at Boulder, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ams-Flight D.O.O. DG-500 ELAN ORION · operated under 091
The in flight loss of lift while landing, resulting in a collision with a fence.
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data