Rolladen-Schneider LS-6
N511M is a Rolladen-Schneider LS-6, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 14, 2016 and expires on April 30, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Rolladen-Schneider
- Model
- LS-6 · all LS-6s and related versions
- Serial number
- 6037
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A66639 (octal 51463071)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 14, 2016
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00490986
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Leonard Steven E
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 11117 W Westlawn St
Wichita, KS 67212-6411
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 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N511M, 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 Leonard Steven E, an individual, certificate issued April 14, 2016, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6037 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N511M was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Swearingen SA-226AT (serial AT017, cancelled February 20, 1980). 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]
2 NTSB records under N511M: Accident on June 11, 1998 at Green River, UT: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 19, 1990 at Cabins, WV: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rolladen-Schneider LS-6A · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed. Factor's were the unforecasted weather (tail wind) and the inadvertent stall/spin.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW98LA262 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rolladen-Schneider LS-6 · operated under 091
THE PILOT FAILED TO DETECT AND REMAIN CLEAR OF THE POWER LINE WHICH CROSSED THE FIELD IN WHICH HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for BFO90DIG01 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