N5457T
N5457T is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau DG-200 built in 1978. The FAA cancelled the registration on March 5, 2002. The last status on file was "valid registration".
Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau DG-200 cancelled March 5, 2002
- Serial number
- 2-57A
- Type
- Glider · None
- Year built
- 1978
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 17, 1999
- Last FAA action
- December 18, 1999
- Last owner
- Ruf Chris J (Individual)
Decatur, GA - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition; Racing
NTSB accident and incident record under N5457T
ATL02LA027Accident on December 29, 2001 at Benton, TN: no injuries, substantial damage.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Flugzeugbau DG-200 · serial 2-57A
The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a downdraft while maneuvering in a ridge lift during a turn resulting in an in-flight collision with trees.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site