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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026Pzl-Swidnik PW-5
N76DJ is a Pzl-Swidnik PW-5, a glider with no engine, built in 2001. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Mississippi State University Soaring Club, a partnership in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 29, 2002 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated December 10, 2002.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Pzl-Swidnik
- Model
- PW-5 · all PW-5s 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 Pzl-Swidnik PW-5 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
- 17.12.021
- 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
- 1
- Year built
- 2001
- Transponder code
- AA3F83 (octal 52437603)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 29, 2002
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 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 · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 10, 2002
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00044077
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mississippi State University Soaring Club (flying club: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- PartnershipFAA type of owner code 2 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box A
Mississippi State, MS 39762-5501
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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 N76DJ links to the rest of the register
- Pzl-Swidnik PW-5 53 registered
- Pzl-Swidnik 58 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Mississippi State University Soaring Club 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Mississippi State, MS 12 aircraft registered in this town
- Mississippi 2,602 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Pzl-Swidnik PW-5 1 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N76DJ, 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 Mississippi State University Soaring Club, a partnership, certificate issued January 29, 2002, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated December 10, 2002, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17.12.021 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N76DJ was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Fletcher William D SONERAI II L (serial 9123, cancelled August 10, 1990). 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 N76DJ: Accident on September 30, 1989 at Interlochen, MI: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Fletcher SONERAI-2L · operated under 091
LOOSE CYLINDER DUE TO IMPROPER MAINTENANCE BY THE PILOT/OWNER, WHICH RESULTED IN OVERHEATING AND FAILURE OF THE ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEAD. THE PRESENCE OF TREES WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A FACTOR.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data