Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK
N912B is a Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK, a glider with no engine, built in 1992. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Brokenstraw Flyers, a corporation in Pittsfield, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 23, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated February 23, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Let
- Model
- L-23 SUPER BLANIK · all L-23 SUPER BLANIKs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. An all-metal glider. This is how the Let L-23 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
- 917912
- 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
- 1992
- Transponder code
- AC9E32 (octal 53117062)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 23, 2023
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- April 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 23, 2007
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00044072
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Brokenstraw Flyers (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 134
Pittsfield, PA 16340-0134
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N912B links to the rest of the register
- Let L-23 83 registered
- Let 178 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Brokenstraw Flyers 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Pittsfield, PA 14 aircraft registered in this town
- Pennsylvania 6,195 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Let L-23 6 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Let L-23 69 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Let L-23 4 supplemental type certificates
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N912B.json.
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The public federal record on N912B, 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 Brokenstraw Flyers, a corporation, certificate issued February 23, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 23, 2007, 15 years after the 1992 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 917912 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N912B 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 N912B: Accident on May 31, 2021 at Pittsfield, 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: Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK · operated under 091
The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and loss of directional control.
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
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