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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026Burkhart Grob G-109B
N58287 is a Burkhart Grob G-109B, a glider with a piston engine, built in 1984. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in West Columbia, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 6, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated October 25, 1984.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Burkhart Grob
- Model
- G-109B · all G-109Bs 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 motor glider. This is how the Burkhart Grob G-109 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
- 6317
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1984
- Transponder code
- A780E6 (octal 51700346)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 6, 2023
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- February 23, 2023
- 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 · October 25, 1984
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00201675
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Carver Brian L
- 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
- 376 Kitti Wake Dr
West Columbia, SC 29170-3065
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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 N58287 links to the rest of the register
- Burkhart Grob G-109 25 registered
- Burkhart Grob 99 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Type certificate G43EU · held by Grob Aircraft AG
- West Columbia, SC 35 aircraft registered in this town
- South Carolina 3,113 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Burkhart Grob G-109 1 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N58287, 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 Carver Brian L, an individual, certificate issued February 6, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated October 25, 1984, consistent with the 1984 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6317 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N58287 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D (serial 490490D, cancelled June 1, 1984). 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]
1 NTSB record under N58287: Accident on November 15, 1986 at Gregory, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Burkhart Grob 109B · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data