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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Burkhart Grob G103 TWIN ASTIR
N72EJ is a Burkhart Grob G103 TWIN ASTIR, a glider with no engine, built in 1979. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Lakeland Aero Club INC, a corporation in Lakeland, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 14, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for other, dated June 22, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Burkhart Grob
- Model
- G103 TWIN ASTIR · all G103 TWIN ASTIRs 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 glass-fibre glider. This is how the Burkhart Grob G-103 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
- 3253-T-30
- 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
- 1979
- Transponder code
- A9A1A0 (octal 52320640)
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 14, 2023
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 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 · OtherFAA certificate purpose code O (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 22, 2007
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00354379
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lakeland Aero Club INC (flying club: its whole fleet and safety record)
- 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
- 3952 James C Ray Dr
Lakeland, FL 33811-1267
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N72EJ links to the rest of the register
- Burkhart Grob G-103 71 registered
- Burkhart Grob 99 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lakeland Aero Club INC 11 aircraft in the fleet
- Lakeland, FL 364 aircraft registered in this town
- Lakeland Linder International · LAL
- South Lakeland Airport · X49
- Florida 21,712 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Burkhart Grob G-103 28 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N72EJ, 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 Lakeland Aero Club INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 14, 2023, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 22, 2007, 28 years after the 1979 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3253-T-30 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N72EJ according to the deregistered file. [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 N72EJ: Accident on September 22, 2018 at Groveland, FL: serious injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grob G103 TWIN ASTIR · operated under 091
The student pilot's failure to relinquish the flight controls during landing when the flight instructor told him to do so, and the instructor’s subsequent inability to properly control the glider, which led to a hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data