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Electric and sustainable aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026M&D Flugzeugbau JS-MD 3 RES
N87SG is a M&D Flugzeugbau JS-MD 3 RES, a glider powered by electric motors, built in 2026. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Truckee, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 3, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated August 25, 2026.
M&D Flugzeugbau: JS-MD 3 RES
Where is it now Last seen October 27 at 5:21 pm.
Last seen October 27 at 5:21 pm. Checking whether it is in the air right now…
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Aircraft
- Maker
- M&D Flugzeugbau (Germany)FAA spelling: M&D FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH
- Model
- JS-MD 3 RES · all JS-MD 3 RESs 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 carbon-fibre glider. This is how the M&D Flugzeugbau JS-MD 3 RES 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
- 3.MD257
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- ElectricFAA type of engine code 10 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Solo EMRAX 208 · 115 hp
- Fuel
- Electricity
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2026
- Transponder code
- ABF594 (octal 52772624)
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 3, 2026
- Expires
- April 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- April 3, 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 · Exhibition; RacingFAA certificate purpose code 34 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 25, 2026
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01551407
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Audy Jonathan M
- 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
- 12408 Granite Dr
Truckee, CA 96161-2848
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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 N87SG links to the rest of the register
- M&D Flugzeugbau JS-MD 3 RES 16 registered
- M&D Flugzeugbau 18 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Solo EMRAX 208 16 aircraft with this engine series · 115 hp
- Truckee, CA 78 aircraft registered in this town
- Truckee-Tahoe Airport · TRK
- California 27,897 aircraft registered
- Where N87SG is now · Last seen October 27 at 5:21 pm.
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The public federal record on N87SG, 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 Audy Jonathan M, an individual, certificate issued April 3, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated August 25, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3.MD257 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N87SG was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R44 (serial 1609, cancelled January 9, 2018). 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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N87SG. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data