Let BLANIK L-13
N70741 is a Let BLANIK L-13, a glider with no engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Big Sky Jet INC, a corporation in Bozeman, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 17, 2019 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated August 13, 1993.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Let
- Model
- BLANIK L-13 · all BLANIK L-13s and related versions
- Serial number
- 027341
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 45 mph
- Transponder code
- A9718D (octal 52270615)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 17, 2019
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · August 13, 1993
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00804382
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Big Sky Jet INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 3101 Cottontail Rd
Bozeman, MT 59718-9109
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N70741, 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 Big Sky Jet INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 17, 2019, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 027341 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N70741 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 152 (serial 15282596, cancelled July 29, 1988). 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]
2 NTSB records under N70741: Accident on July 31, 2002 at Belgrade, MT: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 17, 1999 at Belgrade, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Blanik L-13 · operated under 091
The glider pilot's improper in-flight planning decision and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point. Contributing to the accident were the inadvertent activation of the speed brakes, the pilot's failure to maintain altitude, the high vegetation and the ditch.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA02LA140 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Let L-13 · operated under 091
The pilot in command's failure to maintain clearance from a parked airplane during his attempt to avoid a person on the runway.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA99LA087 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
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