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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Pzl-Swidnik PW-5
N908BT is a Pzl-Swidnik PW-5, a glider with no engine, built in 1997. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 23, 2003 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated June 3, 2004.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Pzl-Swidnik
- Model
- PW-5 · all PW-5s 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 glass-fibre glider. This is how the Pzl-Swidnik PW-5 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
- 1707003
- 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
- 1
- Year built
- 1997
- Transponder code
- AC8D0F (octal 53106417)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 23, 2003
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 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 · Exhibition; RacingFAA certificate purpose code 34 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 3, 2004
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00796551
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hutnick Michael C JR
- 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
- 450 Riverview Ave
Bloomsburg, PA 17815-8224
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N908BT links to the rest of the register
- Pzl-Swidnik PW-5 53 registered
- Pzl-Swidnik 58 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Bloomsburg, PA 32 aircraft registered in this town
- Bloomsburg Municipal · N13
- Pennsylvania 6,195 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Pzl-Swidnik PW-5 1 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N908BT, 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 Hutnick Michael C JR, an individual, certificate issued January 23, 2003, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 3, 2004, 7 years after the 1997 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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1707003 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N908BT 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 N908BT: Accident on April 11, 2002 at New Smithville, PA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Wsk Pzl PW-5 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate evaluation of the weather which resulted in the loss of thermal lift and collision with trees.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data