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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Mcauliffe William J GLASTAR
N789BM is a Mcauliffe William J GLASTAR, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Burnet, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 18, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 24, 2002.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Mcauliffe William J
- Model
- GLASTAR
- Serial number
- 001
- 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 · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2002
- Kit
- STODDARD HAMILTON GLASTAR
- Transponder code
- AAB21A (octal 52531032)
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 18, 2026
- Expires
- April 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- April 18, 2026
- 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 · May 24, 2002
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00803543
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mcanelly Gary Alan
- 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
- 210 Thomas Ridge Rd
Burnet, TX 78611-5427
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N789BM links to the rest of the register
- Mcauliffe William J 2 aircraft on the register
- Lycoming O-320 series 27,303 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Burnet, TX 33 aircraft registered in this town
- Burnet Muni/Kate Craddock Field · BMQ
- Texas 29,976 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320 series 30 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320 series 349 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N789BM, 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 Mcanelly Gary Alan, an individual, certificate issued April 18, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 24, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N789BM 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 N789BM: Accident on February 7, 2026 at Beaumont, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Glasair GlaStar · operated under 091
On February 6, 2026, about 1810 central standard time, an experimental Glasair GlaStar airplane, N789BM, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Beaumont, Texas. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported a loss of engine oil pressure about six miles from the intended destination airport. The engine started running rough and losing power. He executed a landing to a taxiway at the destination airport. However, the airplane began to porpoise on landing. It subsequently…
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 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 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data