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Electric and sustainable aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Sportine Aviacija (LAK) LAK-17B FES MINI
N530K is a Sportine Aviacija (LAK) LAK-17B FES MINI, a glider powered by electric motors, built in 2026. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Winthrop, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 8, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated July 13, 2026.
Sportine Aviacija (LAK): LAK-17 with front electric sustainer
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Sportine Aviacija (LAK) (Lithuania)FAA spelling: SPORTINE AVIACIJA IR KO
- Model
- LAK-17B FES MINI · all LAK-17B FES MINIs 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- and carbon-fibre glider. This is how the Sportine Aviacija (LAK) LAK-17 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
- 053
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- ElectricFAA type of engine code 10 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lz Design FES-LAK-M100 · 30 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2026
- Transponder code
- A6B14E (octal 51530516)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 8, 2026
- Expires
- April 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- April 8, 2026
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 13, 2026
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01548815
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Okeefe John Thomas
- 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
- PO Box 1185
Winthrop, WA 98862-1185
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N530K links to the rest of the register
- Sportine Aviacija (LAK) LAK-17 31 registered
- Sportine Aviacija (LAK) 48 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- LZ Design (FES) FES-LAK-M100 4 aircraft with this engine series · 30 hp
- Winthrop, WA 33 aircraft registered in this town
- Methow Valley State Airport · S52
- Washington 10,570 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N530K, 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 Okeefe John Thomas, an individual, certificate issued April 8, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated July 13, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 053 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N530K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Davis V-3 (serial 113, cancelled January 4, 2018). 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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N530K. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.
- 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