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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Let BLANIK L-13
N97AS is a Let BLANIK L-13, a glider with no engine, built in 1978. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Belton, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 25, 2012 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated April 12, 1978.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Let
- Model
- BLANIK L-13 · all BLANIK L-13s 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 BLANIK L-13 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
- 027019
- 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
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 45 mph
- Transponder code
- AD815D (octal 53300535)
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 25, 2012
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 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 · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 12, 1978
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00144090
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hinckley David D
- 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
- 2608 N Main St Ste B285
Belton, TX 76513-1546
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N97AS links to the rest of the register
- Let BLANIK L-13 38 registered
- Let 178 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Belton, TX 72 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Let BLANIK L-13 10 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Let BLANIK L-13 6 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N97AS, 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 Hinckley David D, an individual, certificate issued October 25, 2012, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated April 12, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 027019 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N97AS 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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N97AS. 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 October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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