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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201B
N551Z is a Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201B, a glider with no engine, built in 1974. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Woodland, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 23, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated August 1, 1974.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Glasflugel
- Model
- STD LIBELLE 201B · all STD LIBELLE 201Bs 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-fibre glider. This is how the Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201B 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
- 551
- 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
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 60 mph
- Transponder code
- A70561 (octal 51602541)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 23, 2026
- Expires
- June 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- June 23, 2026
- 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 · August 1, 1974
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00883415
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Shelton David B
- 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
- 1233 e Beamer St Ste G
Woodland, CA 95776-6010
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N551Z links to the rest of the register
- Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201B 33 registered
- Glasflugel 191 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Woodland, CA 75 aircraft registered in this town
- Watts-Woodland Airport · O41
- California 27,897 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N551Z, 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 Shelton David B, an individual, certificate issued June 23, 2026, expires June 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated August 1, 1974, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 551 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N551Z 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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N551Z. 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 November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data