Menzies David R GLASAIR II S/TD
N55RK is a Menzies David R GLASAIR II S/TD, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1998. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lehighton, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 8, 2010 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 30, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Menzies David R
- Model
- GLASAIR II S/TD
- Serial number
- TD 2020
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1998
- Transponder code
- A6FE93 (octal 51577223)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 8, 2010
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · July 30, 1998
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00265392
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Saunders Christopher D
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 3778 Interchange Rd
Lehighton, PA 18235-9309
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N55RK, 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 Saunders Christopher D, an individual, certificate issued July 8, 2010, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 30, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial TD 2020 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N55RK 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]
1 NTSB record under N55RK: Accident on August 11, 2002 at Laconia, NH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Menzies Glassair II · operated under 091
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to maintain directional control.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for IAD02LA083 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data