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N591SZ

Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-59

Valid Arizona

N591SZ is a Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-59, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Sedona, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 12, 2019 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated June 11, 2008.

Aircraft

Maker
Pdps Pzl-Bielsko
Model
SZD-59 · all SZD-59s and related versions
Serial number
B-2168
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A7A2C6 (octal 51721306)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 12, 2019
Expires
February 28, 2029
Last FAA action
February 27, 2025
Airworthiness
Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · June 11, 2008
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00855911

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rovey Jonathan E
Type
Individual
Address
20 Brins Mesa Ln
Sedona, AZ 86336-5908

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N591SZ, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Rovey Jonathan E, an individual, certificate issued February 12, 2019, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial B-2168 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N591SZ according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N591SZ: Accident on August 24, 1996 at Franconia, NH: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

NYC96LA172Accident on August 24, 1996 at Franconia, NH: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Pzl-Bielsko SZD-59 · operated under 091

The pilot's misjudged altitude and distance which resulted in the collision with trees short of the runway.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC96LA172 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data