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N88BY

M&D Flugzeugbau JS-MD 3 RES

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesElectric gliderElectricNebraska

N88BY is a M&D Flugzeugbau JS-MD 3 RES, a glider powered by electric motors, built in 2024. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Willow Tree LLC, an LLC in Omaha, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 11, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated July 24, 2024.

M&D Flugzeugbau: JS-MD 3 RES

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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
composite
The 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.MD215
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
Seats
1
Year built
2024
Transponder code
AC1BAC (octal 53015654)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 11, 2024
Expires
July 31, 2031
Last FAA action
July 11, 2024
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 · July 24, 2024
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01457315

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Willow Tree LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
C/O Sean Suiter
810 N 139Th St
Omaha, NE 68154-5179

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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

2009-12-31Gates Lear Jet 25B · Valid registration

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The public federal record on N88BY, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Willow Tree LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 11, 2024, expires July 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated July 24, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3.MD215 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N88BY was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Gates Lear Jet 25B (serial 168, cancelled December 31, 2009). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N88BY. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data