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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Lawrence R Holeman Ii GLASTAR
N727BD is a Lawrence R Holeman Ii GLASTAR, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2013. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Semora, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 16, 2012 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 4, 2013.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Lawrence R Holeman Ii
- Model
- GLASTAR
- Serial number
- 5599
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (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 · Mattituck TMX 360 · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2013
- Kit
- STODDARD HAMILTON GLASTAR
- Transponder code
- A9BDAA (octal 52336652)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 16, 2012
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2023
- 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 · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 4, 2013
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01103521
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Holeman Lawrence R II Trustee
- 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
- 734 Fox Lair Trl
Semora, NC 27343-7158
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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 N727BD links to the rest of the register
- Lawrence R Holeman Ii 1 aircraft on the register
- Mattituck TMX 360 81 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Semora, NC 3 aircraft registered in this town
- North Carolina 7,120 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N727BD, 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 Holeman Lawrence R II Trustee, an individual, certificate issued August 16, 2012, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 4, 2013, consistent with the 2013 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5599 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N727BD was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Grouleff Greg BD-5B (serial 849, cancelled October 11, 2006). 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 N727BD: Accident on April 17, 2002 at Bessemer, AL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Greg Grouleff BD-5B · operated under 091
The pilot's improper landing flare that resulted in a hard landing and the fracture of the left main landing gear casting.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data