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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Let 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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Let
- Model
- BLANIK L-13 · all BLANIK L-13s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. An all-metal glider. This is how the Let BLANIK L-13 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
- 027341
- 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 · None NONE
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 45 mph
- Transponder code
- A9718D (octal 52270615)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 17, 2019
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 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 · August 13, 1993
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00804382
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Big Sky Jet INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- 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
Connections how N70741 links to the rest of the register
- Let BLANIK L-13 38 registered
- Let 178 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Big Sky Jet INC 6 aircraft in the fleet
- Bozeman, MT 335 aircraft registered in this town
- Bozeman Yellowstone International · BZN
- Montana 6,037 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Let BLANIK L-13 10 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Let BLANIK L-13 6 supplemental type certificates
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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]
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data