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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026Jonker Sailplanes JS3
N68MF is a Jonker Sailplanes JS3, a glider with no engine, built in 2022. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Savannah, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 13, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated July 1, 2022.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Jonker Sailplanes (South Africa)FAA spelling: JONKER SAILPLANES (PTY) LTD
- Model
- JS3 · all JS3s 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 carbon-fibre glider. This is how the Jonker Sailplanes JS3 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
- 03-136
- 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 · M&D Flugze MD-TJ42 · 350 lb thrust
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2022
- Transponder code
- A901F7 (octal 52200767)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 13, 2025
- Expires
- March 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- March 13, 2025
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Exhibition; RacingFAA certificate purpose code 34 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 1, 2022
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01365913
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sumner John
- 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
- 290 Center Dr Unit B
Savannah, GA 31406-8919
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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 N68MF links to the rest of the register
- Jonker Sailplanes JS3 34 registered
- Jonker Sailplanes 50 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- M&D Flugze MD-TJ42 17 aircraft with this engine series · 350 lb thrust
- Savannah, GA 441 aircraft registered in this town
- Savannah/Hilton Head International · SAV
- Georgia 8,797 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N68MF, 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 Sumner John, an individual, certificate issued March 13, 2025, expires March 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated July 1, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 03-136 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N68MF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Quest Aircraft Company Llc KODIAK 100 (serial 100-0058, cancelled August 15, 2012). 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 N68MF: Accident on September 13, 2025 at New Castle, VA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Jonker Sailplanes (PTY) LTD JS3 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to properly configure the glider for landing, which resulted in an excessive descent rate during approach, and subsequent collision with trees short of the intended landing area.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data