Slingsby T59D KESTREL 19
N74T is a Slingsby T59D KESTREL 19, a glider with no engine, built in 1973. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fort Worth, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 6, 2019 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated February 20, 1974.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Slingsby
- Model
- T59D KESTREL 19 · all T59D KESTREL 19s and related versions
- Serial number
- 1809
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 90 mph
- Transponder code
- A9F1DA (octal 52370732)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 6, 2019
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · February 20, 1974
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00982397
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hardy John
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 9040 Fremont Trl
Fort Worth, TX 76244-6286
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N74T, 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 Hardy John, an individual, certificate issued November 6, 2019, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated February 20, 1974, consistent with the 1973 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1809 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N74T 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 N74T: Accident on May 15, 1988 at Middletown, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Slingsby T59D KESTREL 19 · operated under 091
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- 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data