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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N5516V

N5516V is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Briegleb BG-12A built in 1962. The FAA cancelled the registration on January 24, 2018. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".

Briegleb BG-12A cancelled January 24, 2018

Serial number
1026
Type
Glider · None
Year built
1962
Last status
Registration expired, pending cancellation
Certificate issued
January 30, 1997
Last FAA action
February 29, 2000
Last owner
Nudtsen Richard D (Individual)
Chipley, FL
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built

NTSB accident and incident record under N5516V

CHI97LA239Accident on August 2, 1997 at Superior, WI: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Briegleb BG-12A · serial 1026

the separation of the wing from the glider for undetermined reasons.

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