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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Ams-Flight Doo APIS MC
N821AC is an Ams-Flight Doo APIS MC, a glider with a two-stroke engine, built in 2007. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Gilbert, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 18, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated May 20, 2008.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Ams-Flight Doo
- Model
- APIS MC
- Serial number
- AO48 M19
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 447 · 40 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2007
- Transponder code
- AB3495 (octal 52632225)
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 18, 2025
- Expires
- March 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- March 18, 2025
- 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 · Racing; ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 43 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 20, 2008
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00385989
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Grenga Robert
- 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
- 456 e Melody Ln
Gilbert, AZ 85234-2459
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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 N821AC links to the rest of the register
- Ams-Flight Doo 8 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 447 135 aircraft with this engine series · 40 hp
- Gilbert, AZ 223 aircraft registered in this town
- Arizona 8,422 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N821AC.json.
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The public federal record on N821AC, 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 Grenga Robert, an individual, certificate issued March 18, 2025, expires March 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated May 20, 2008, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial AO48 M19 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N821AC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-23-250 (serial 27-7554038, cancelled November 23, 2005). 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 N821AC: Accident on October 16, 1994 at Fredericksburg, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-23-250 · operated under 091
IMPROPER MAINTENANCE RESULTING IN AN ENGINE FIRE, AND THE PILOT'S IMPROPER PROPELLER FEATHERING PROCEDURE, CAUSING THE PROPELLER NOT TO FEATHER AND THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE OUT CAPABILITY TO BE EXCEEDED. A FACTOR WAS THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN CONDITIONS.
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- 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