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N89MH

Scheibe BERGFALKE II-55

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesDelaware

N89MH is a Scheibe BERGFALKE II-55, a glider with no engine, built in 1955. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Stinson Aviation LLC, an LLC in Middletown, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 29, 2020 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated October 13, 1979.

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Aircraft

Maker
Scheibe
Model
BERGFALKE II-55
Serial number
337
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
2
Year built
1955
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
AC4416 (octal 53042026)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 29, 2020
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
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 · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 13, 1979
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00832841

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Stinson Aviation 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
1232 Choptank Rd
Middletown, DE 19709-9038

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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

2013-06-05Beech C23 · Registration expired, pending cancellation

Connections how N89MH links to the rest of the register

Design
  • Scheibe 34 aircraft on the register
Owner
Place
  • Middletown, DE 348 aircraft registered in this town
  • Summit Airport · EVY
  • Delaware 10,952 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N89MH, 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 Stinson Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 29, 2020, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 13, 1979, 24 years after the 1955 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 337 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N89MH was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech C23 (serial M-1985, cancelled June 5, 2013). 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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N89MH: Accident on October 23, 2011 at Columbia, MS: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

ERA12LA048Accident on October 23, 2011 at Columbia, MS: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: M-1985

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech C23 · operated under 091

The partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons during takeoff.

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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

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data